Photo: 1brettsnyder · CC BY-SA 3.0Stettler County No. 6 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta
Wildfire barely registers for Stettler County No. 6, at 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Seismic risk runs low: $0.013 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Radon is about average around Stettler County No. 6: 7.5% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Stettler County No. 6 a grade of A−, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Stettler County No. 6’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Stettler County No. 6: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Stettler County No. 6 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Stettler County No. 6: A−
Two inputs always count for Stettler County No. 6, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
Its place: #237 of 474 in Alberta and #647 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.
Wildfire is rare near Stettler County No. 6: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Stettler County No. 6’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Fire claims 0.000% of the land around Stettler County No. 6 each year, a low band, with the typical Canadian town at 0.000%.
Around Stettler County No. 6 the forest is thin or far off: 0.1% of the land within 5 km and 0.2% 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
Little or nothing burns around Stettler County No. 6 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.
Like most of Canada’s 2,610 towns (92%), Stettler County No. 6 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.
Stettler County No. 6 is on the flood map inventory: 1 study, by Government of Alberta
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Stettler County No. 6: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
A 2025 study by Government of Alberta covers Stettler County No. 6, and its map, not the inventory, shows the zones.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler Flood Study | Government of Alberta | 2025 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Mapping in Alberta reaches 46% of towns, Stettler County No. 6 among them, below the 58% across Canada.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Stettler County No. 6’s homes are at risk.
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.
Little shaking expected in Stettler County No. 6: $0.013 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Stettler County No. 6’s $0.013 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.4 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
The median in Alberta is $0.013; Stettler County No. 6, at $0.013, is right beside it, and Black Diamond tops the list 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.
Most of Canada’s 2,611 towns (75%) face more earthquake damage than Stettler County No. 6.
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 Stettler County No. 6’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 Stettler County No. 6: 7.5% over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
At 7.5% over the guideline, the area around Stettler County No. 6 is about level with the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The typical town in Alberta has 7.5% over 200 Bq/m³; Stettler County No. 6’s area has 7.5%, much the same.
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 Stettler County No. 6 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.
A survey sample isn’t a map: any home in Stettler County No. 6 can be high, and a three-month test is the only way to know.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests published for the David Thompson Regional Health Authority, not by town
Weather and fire alerts for Stettler County No. 6
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Stettler County No. 6; 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 Stettler County No. 6, 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)
How Stettler County No. 6’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler County No. 6 | Low | $0.013 | 7.5% | Yes |
| Stettler 6,035 · 4.5 km | Low | $0.015 | 7.5% | Yes |
Stettler County No. 6’s low band tops its neighbours; Stettler is next (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Stettler County No. 6 faces
What to do about the hazards Stettler County No. 6 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; Stettler County No. 6’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- 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 Stettler County No. 6 until then.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Stettler County No. 6’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 Stettler County No. 6 without grading them.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Stettler County No. 6
Does Stettler County No. 6 flood?
A flood study covers Stettler County No. 6 on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
How is Stettler County No. 6’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
6 A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Stettler County No. 6 at risk of wildfire?
Hardly at all on record: 0% of the land within 25 km of Stettler County No. 6 since 1986, a low band, though small grass fires aren’t mapped.
How big is the earthquake risk in Stettler County No. 6?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Stettler County No. 6 $0.013 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
Is radon a problem in Stettler County No. 6?
In Health Canada’s survey, 7.5% of 107 homes tested in Stettler County No. 6’s 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).