Unionville, VA
Unionville wildfire risk explained
Unionville sits at the 50th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 327 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Unionville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.7% of Unionville's 327 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 326 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Unionville against the rest of the country
Unionville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (50th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Unionville ranks 15,681 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,905 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 318 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Unionville and the insurance market
At the 50th national percentile, Unionville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Unionville's 99.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Unionville's 15,681-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Unionville, see the exposure-zones guide.