Galesburg, MI
Galesburg, MI's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Galesburg's 900 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Galesburg at the 19th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Galesburg's building exposure, zone by zone
900 buildings are counted in Galesburg, and 70.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Galesburg ranks
Galesburg's 62nd-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 19th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galesburg ranks 25,690 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,721 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 283 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
Galesburg and the insurance market
At the 19th national percentile, Galesburg rates low 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Galesburg (70.6% 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
Galesburg's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Galesburg, see the exposure-zones guide.