Galena, KS
Galena, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Galena sits at the 71st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,900 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Galena's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Where Galena's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 65.3% of Galena's 1,900 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 27.6% Direct and 7.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Galena ranks
Galena scores 71st nationally and 68th within Kansas — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galena ranks 9,227 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,763 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 231 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Galena and the insurance market
Galena's 71st-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Galena (65.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,900 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Galena. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Galena, see the exposure-zones guide.