Weinlos faces fewer hazards than 98% of Canadian towns
Since 1986 almost nothing has burned near Weinlos: 0% of the land within 25 km, or 0.000% a year. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Weinlos a grade of A+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Weinlos’s hazards
For Weinlos, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Weinlos faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Weinlos: A+
The grade weighs Weinlos’ seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
Its place: #11 of 474 in Alberta and #22 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. Only 73 homes were tested in the survey area, so the radon share is rough. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Wildfire is rare near Weinlos: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Weinlos’ homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The yearly burn rate around Weinlos is 0.000%, low beside 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Around Weinlos the forest is thin or far off: 0% of the land within 5 km and 0.3% within 25 km is forest fuel.
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); Weinlos 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.
Like most of Canada’s 2,610 towns (92%), Weinlos is in the low band, with a burn rate of zero to three decimals; 7.5% rank higher.
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 Weinlos
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Weinlos: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
NRCan’s inventory is silent on Weinlos, so any flood map would be the municipality’s own.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are thinner in Alberta, 46% of towns against 58% nationally, and Weinlos has none.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Nothing here counts toward Risk; the studies are pointers to the maps their owners keep for Weinlos.
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 Weinlos just $0.013 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Weinlos’ $0.013 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.4 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Weinlos doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Edmonton.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk around Weinlos ($0.013) matches the middle in Alberta ($0.013), far from Black Diamond’s $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.
Weinlos is in the lower part of Canada’s range for earthquake risk; 75% 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).
For Weinlos the model prices shaking damage to buildings, nothing more.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
1.4% of homes tested around Weinlos are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Where the typical Canadian town has 6.6% of homes over the guideline, Weinlos’ area has fewer, 1.4%. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Capital Health, with Weinlos one part of it.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Fewer homes top the guideline around Weinlos (1.4%) than in the typical town in Alberta (7.5%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
The quietest radon band, under 5%, holds 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns and Weinlos; 63% sit higher.
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.
Radon varies from house to house in Weinlos, so the survey is a reason to test, not a result for yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Weinlos
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Weinlos; 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. |
Smoke and fire warnings for Weinlos come through Environment Canada and Alert Ready; the fire map is CWFIS’s.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Weinlos
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinlos | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Minchau 2,576 · 0.5 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Hillview 5,473 · 0.9 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Bisset 3,049 · 1.0 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Pollard Meadows 4,361 · 1.1 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Meyokumin 4,069 · 1.4 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Daly Grove 3,486 · 1.6 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
Minchau (low) has the heaviest fire record of Weinlos’ neighbours, and Weinlos (low) matches or beats it.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Weinlos faces
What to do about the hazards Weinlos 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
- 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 Weinlos until then.
- Wildfire counts one way. Burned land within 25 km of where people live, averaged over 1986–2025 and checked for fuel near homes, is the measure; it looks back, not ahead, and only ever counts against Weinlos.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Weinlos without grading them.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Weinlos’ included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Weinlos
How big is the earthquake risk in Weinlos?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Weinlos’ buildings lose $0.013 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Weinlos flood?
Nothing is listed for Weinlos on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How is Weinlos’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Weinlos A+, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Weinlos at risk of wildfire?
The burned-area record shows next to nothing around Weinlos (0% within 25 km since 1986), so its band is low.
Is radon a problem in Weinlos?
In Health Canada’s survey, 1.4% of 73 homes tested in Weinlos’ area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
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).