Galesburg, ND
Galesburg wildfire risk explained
Galesburg's 136 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Galesburg at the 54th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Galesburg's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Galesburg (78.7% of 136 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 21.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Galesburg ranks
Galesburg scores 55th nationally and 62nd within North Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galesburg ranks 14,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,459 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 152 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Galesburg
At the 55th national percentile, Galesburg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Galesburg
Because 78.7% of Galesburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Galesburg's 14,159-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Galesburg, see the exposure-zones guide.