Galva, KS
Galva, KS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Galva lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 556 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Galva at the 15th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Galva's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Galva's buildings (93.5% of 556) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Galva compares
Inside Kansas, Galva sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 20th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galva ranks 25,302 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,474 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 702 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Galva
Galva's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Galva
Even with 93.5% of Galva outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Galva's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Galva's 25,302-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Galva's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.