Flood mapping exists for Springbank Hill: 1 on record, latest by Government of Alberta
The national fire record shows next to nothing around Springbank Hill, 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Springbank Hill, near the typical $0.030. Radon around Springbank Hill is ordinary for Canada: 8.1% of tested homes over the guideline (6.6% typical). Springbank Hill grades B+ for hazard risk; wildfire is low here, so it earns no credit.
What stands out about Springbank Hill’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Springbank Hill: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Springbank Hill faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Springbank Hill grades B+ for hazard risk
The grade weighs Springbank Hill’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
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. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Few fires near Springbank Hill: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Past fire around Springbank Hill’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
A burn rate of 0.000% a year keeps Springbank Hill in the low band (the typical Canadian town: 0.000%).
Nothing inside 5 km of Springbank Hill’s homes has burned since 1986, and the nearest scar is 6.6 km off.
Forest makes up 3.8% of the land within 5 km of Springbank Hill and 4.5% 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
Of the 478 towns in Alberta, 386 have a burn rate that rounds to zero, Springbank Hill among them; Wainwright leads at 1.43% a year.
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.
92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are in the low band and 7.5% above it; Springbank Hill is among the many where the yearly burn rate rounds to zero.
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.
Government of Alberta has mapped flooding for Springbank Hill (1 study)
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Springbank Hill: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
The flood study touching Springbank Hill is Government of Alberta’s, dated 2025; its own map shows the zones street by street.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow and Elbow River Flood Study | Government of Alberta | 2025 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Its flood study sets Springbank Hill apart in Alberta, where 46% of towns have one (Canada: 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 Springbank Hill’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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Ordinary seismic risk in Springbank Hill: $0.023 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
With $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000, Springbank Hill is about even with the typical $0.030 (0.8 times).
Springbank Hill shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Calgary.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Above the middle in Alberta: Springbank Hill’s $0.023 against a median of $0.013, with Black Diamond highest 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.
Around half of Canada’s 2,611 towns expect more shaking damage than Springbank Hill (54%).
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).
Roads, pipes and bridges aren’t in Springbank Hill’s figure, nor landslides or tsunami: it is buildings and shaking.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Radon about average around Springbank Hill: 8.1% over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
At 8.1% over the guideline, the area around Springbank Hill is about level with the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%. Springbank Hill doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Calgary Health Region.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Springbank Hill’s area, at 8.1%, is close to the median in Alberta (7.5%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
A middling share of high tests puts Springbank Hill with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, below 26% of them.
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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Springbank Hill as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Springbank Hill
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Springbank Hill; 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 Springbank Hill, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Springbank Hill’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbank Hill | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Discovery Ridge 4,256 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Signal Hill 13,293 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | Yes |
| Aspen Woods 9,606 · 2.3 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Strathcona Park 8,680 · 2.9 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Glenbrook 10,185 · 3.1 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
| Glamorgan 6,479 · 3.3 km | Low | $0.023 | 8.1% | None listed |
Discovery Ridge (low) has the heaviest fire record of Springbank Hill’s neighbours, and Springbank Hill (low) matches or beats it.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Springbank Hill faces
What to do about the hazards Springbank Hill 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Springbank Hill’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Springbank Hill’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Springbank Hill 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 Springbank Hill until then.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Springbank Hill
How is Springbank Hill’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Springbank Hill’s Hazard risk grade is B+, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is Springbank Hill at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0% of the land around Springbank Hill since 1986 (last in 2014); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
Is radon a problem in Springbank Hill?
Around Springbank Hill, 86 survey homes were tested and 8.1% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How big is the earthquake risk in Springbank Hill?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Springbank Hill $0.023 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
Does Springbank Hill flood?
A flood study covers Springbank Hill on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
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).