Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Falconridge stands on hazards
No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Falconridge’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.000% a year). NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Falconridge, near the typical $0.030. Hazard risk gives Falconridge a grade of B+, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Falconridge’s hazards
For Falconridge, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Falconridge faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Falconridge grades B+ for hazard risk
Two inputs always count for Falconridge, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
Its place: #282 of 474 in Alberta and #1,102 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Wildfire is rare near Falconridge: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Falconridge’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The yearly burn rate around Falconridge is 0.000%, low beside 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Falconridge’s homes have had no fire within 5 km since 1986; the closest was 19 km away.
Forest makes up 0% of the land within 5 km of Falconridge and 0.4% within 25 km, little for a forest fire to run through.
Shares of land within 5 and 25 km of populated blocks: burned at least once in 1986–2025 (CWFIS burned-area composite), forest fuel and grass (fire behaviour fuel types, 2026, 250 m grid).
Burn rate a year, towns in Alberta · highest of 478
Little or nothing burns around Falconridge in a typical year; 386 of the 478 towns in Alberta share that, and Wainwright leads at 1.43%.
Each bar: the yearly average share of land within 25 km of a town’s homes that burned, 1986–2025 (CWFIS); the seven highest towns of 2,500 people or more.
The low band holds 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, and Falconridge sits at its very bottom; only 7.5% are above it.
Bands of the yearly burn rate: low under 0.05%, moderate under 0.25%, high under 1%, very high 1% or more; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System: National Burned Area Composite 1986–2025 and fire behaviour fuel types (2026), Natural Resources Canada. Measured within 25 km and 5 km of each populated dissemination area; past fire, not a forecast.
No flood study is listed for Falconridge
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Falconridge: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
There is no study for Falconridge on the national flood inventory, which is far from complete.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are thinner in Alberta, 46% of towns against 58% nationally, and Falconridge has none.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood is shown here, never graded: a study says where a map exists, not how many of Falconridge’s homes stand in a flood zone.
The inventory’s own caution (NRCan): “The Canada Flood Map (CFM) does not include every flood hazard map in Canada and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. It should not be relied upon as the official source of flood mapping information. Furthermore, if a map appears to be missing, this does not necessarily mean that the area has never been mapped. For the official version of a map, updated information, or confirmation of applicable regulations, please contact the local authority responsible for flood mapping.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Falconridge $0.023 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
0.8 times the typical $0.030: Falconridge’s $0.023 is ordinary.
Falconridge shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.023, Falconridge is above the typical town in Alberta ($0.013); Black Diamond has the most at $0.048.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Falconridge’s earthquake risk lands near the centre of Canada’s range; 54% of the 2,611 towns are higher.
Each column: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more in that range of yearly loss per $1,000 (NRCan, 2022).
What a quake does after the shaking, fire, landslides, tsunami, falls outside NRCan’s figure for Falconridge.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Some radon around Falconridge: 8.1% of area homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Falconridge’s area, at 8.1%, is close to the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The typical town in Alberta has 7.5% over 200 Bq/m³; Falconridge’s area has 8.1%, much the same.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Falconridge is in the 5–10% band with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 26% have more.
Each bar: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more whose survey area had that share of tests over 200 Bq/m³.
Neighbouring homes in Falconridge can differ a lot; only a long-term test tells you about yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests published for the Calgary Health Region, not by town
Where to get warnings in Falconridge
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Falconridge; Alert Ready carries the urgent ones to phones, radio and TV.
| Alert | What it means |
|---|---|
| Warning | Severe weather is happening or about to: act now. |
| Watch | Conditions favour severe weather: be ready. |
| Advisory | Weather that is less severe but could disrupt the day. |
| Special weather statement | Unusual weather worth knowing about. |
| Special air quality statement | Poor air, often wildfire smoke. |
In fire season, check CWFIS for danger and active fires around Falconridge, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Falconridge’s neighbours compare on hazards
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconridge | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Coral Springs 5,542 · 0.9 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Castleridge 6,127 · 1.3 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Temple 10,545 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Martindale 14,467 · 2.0 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Taradale 17,911 · 2.2 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Monterey Park 10,363 · 2.3 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
Coral Springs (low) has the heaviest fire record of Falconridge’s neighbours, and Falconridge (low) matches or beats it.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Falconridge faces
What to do about the hazards Falconridge faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- Test for three months in winter.
- Over 200 Bq/m³: fix it.
- Kits are cheap; pros test too.
- Never drive through floodwater.
- Move papers and medicines upstairs.
- Ask whether your street is mapped.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Falconridge’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. The flood inventory points to maps; it is incomplete and not the official source, so ask the municipality about any street in Falconridge.
- Wildfire counts one way. For Falconridge, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Falconridge takes its 2007 health region’s share.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Falconridge
How big is the earthquake risk in Falconridge?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Falconridge’s buildings lose $0.023 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is Falconridge at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0% of the land around Falconridge since 1986 (last in 2014); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is Falconridge’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Falconridge grades B+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Is radon a problem in Falconridge?
Around Falconridge, 86 survey homes were tested and 8.1% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
Does Falconridge flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, Falconridge’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
Seismic risk: Natural Resources Canada. Radon: Health Canada. Wildfire: Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. Flood studies: Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Sources: NRCan, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model 2022 · Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes · CWFIS, National Burned Area Composite and FBP fuel types · NRCan, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).