Galesburg, KS
How exposed is Galesburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Galesburg at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 131 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Galesburg at the 57th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Galesburg's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 63.4% of Galesburg's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 36.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Galesburg compares
There's little gap between Galesburg's 57th national percentile and its 46th percentile inside Kansas, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galesburg ranks 13,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,663 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 389 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Galesburg's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 63.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Galesburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Galesburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Galesburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Galesburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.