Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Wildfire low, radon 8.1%: how Killarney/Glengarry stands on hazards
Since 1986 almost nothing has burned near Killarney/Glengarry: 0% of the land within 25 km, or 0.000% a year. For earthquakes Killarney/Glengarry is middling, $0.023 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Killarney/Glengarry a grade of B+, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Killarney/Glengarry’s hazards
For Killarney/Glengarry, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Killarney/Glengarry faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Killarney/Glengarry: B+
Two inputs always count for Killarney/Glengarry, 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: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Little of the land around Killarney/Glengarry has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km since 1986
Past fire around Killarney/Glengarry’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Low: the land around Killarney/Glengarry burns at 0.000% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
The 5 km ring around Killarney/Glengarry’s homes is clear of burns since 1986, the nearest 8.8 km out.
Forest makes up 0.6% of the land within 5 km of Killarney/Glengarry and 2.1% 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
Among the 478 towns in Alberta, Wainwright burns fastest (1.43% a year); Killarney/Glengarry is with the 386 near zero.
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.
Only 7.5% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are above the low band, which holds 92%; Killarney/Glengarry, at a rounded zero, is far from them.
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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Killarney/Glengarry
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Killarney/Glengarry: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
The inventory has nothing for Killarney/Glengarry, but a local or conservation-authority map may still exist.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Killarney/Glengarry; in Alberta, 46% of towns have one, below Canada’s 58%.
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 Killarney/Glengarry’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.”
Ordinary seismic risk in Killarney/Glengarry: $0.023 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Killarney/Glengarry’s $0.023 is close to the typical town’s $0.030 (0.8 times as much).
Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Calgary as a whole, not for Killarney/Glengarry alone.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.023, Killarney/Glengarry 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.
Killarney/Glengarry’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).
Only shaking damage to buildings in Killarney/Glengarry is counted; landslides, liquefaction, tsunami and fire after a quake aren’t.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
8.1% of homes tested around Killarney/Glengarry are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Measured across the Calgary Health Region: radon tests
8.1% of tested homes around Killarney/Glengarry were over the guideline, much like the typical Canadian town at 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Radon around Killarney/Glengarry is ordinary for towns in Alberta: 8.1%, beside a median of 7.5%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
26% of Canada’s 2,611 towns have more homes over 200 Bq/m³ than Killarney/Glengarry’s 5–10% band, which holds 37%.
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.
Whatever Killarney/Glengarry’s area share, the reading that matters is your own home’s, over a winter.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Killarney/Glengarry
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Killarney/Glengarry; 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. |
For fires near Killarney/Glengarry, the national fire information system maps danger and active fires daily; local authorities give any evacuation order.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Killarney/Glengarry
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney/Glengarry | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Richmond 4,811 · 1.3 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Rosscarrock 3,862 · 1.4 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Spruce Cliff 6,691 · 1.5 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Glenbrook 10,185 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| South Calgary 4,412 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Garrison Woods 3,138 · 2.0 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
None of the places around has more fire nearby than Killarney/Glengarry (low); Richmond comes closest (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Killarney/Glengarry faces
What to do about the hazards Killarney/Glengarry 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
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Killarney/Glengarry without grading them.
- Radon is a survey. Radon figures pool the survey’s home tests by area: postal areas once their boundaries arrive, the 2007 health region around Killarney/Glengarry until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Killarney/Glengarry’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Wildfire counts one way. For Killarney/Glengarry, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Killarney/Glengarry
Is radon a problem in Killarney/Glengarry?
Around Killarney/Glengarry, 86 survey homes were tested and 8.1% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
Is Killarney/Glengarry at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0% of the land around Killarney/Glengarry since 1986 (last in 2014); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is Killarney/Glengarry’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Killarney/Glengarry grades B+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Killarney/Glengarry flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, Killarney/Glengarry’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
How big is the earthquake risk in Killarney/Glengarry?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Killarney/Glengarry $0.023 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
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).