Wetaskiwin County No. 10 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta
Little of the land around Wetaskiwin County No. 10 has burned: 0.5% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.01% a year. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.014 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s survey area, 7.5% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Hazard risk gives Wetaskiwin County No. 10 a grade of A−; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Wetaskiwin County No. 10: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Wetaskiwin County No. 10 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 grades A− for hazard risk
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Wetaskiwin County No. 10 with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
Its place: #241 of 474 in Alberta and #660 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 Wetaskiwin County No. 10: 0.5% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
At 0.01% of the land a year, Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s burn rate is in the low band; the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Forest fuel rises from 4.5% within 5 km of Wetaskiwin County No. 10 to 14% within 25 km: the fuel lies away from homes.
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
The land around Wetaskiwin County No. 10 burns at 0.01% a year, the 56th highest rate of 478 towns in Alberta; Wainwright tops it 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.
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 is in the low band with 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 7.5% sit in moderate or 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.
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 is on the flood map inventory: 1 study, by Government of Alberta
Flood studies whose area touches Wetaskiwin County No. 10, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
A 2003 study by Government of Alberta covers Wetaskiwin County No. 10, and its map, not the inventory, shows the zones.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millet Flood Hazard Study | Government of Alberta | 2003 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Its flood study sets Wetaskiwin County No. 10 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.
Nothing here counts toward Risk; the studies are pointers to the maps their owners keep for Wetaskiwin County No. 10.
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.
Earthquakes cost buildings in Wetaskiwin County No. 10 just $0.014 per $1,000 a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s $0.014 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.5 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Typical for its province: Wetaskiwin County No. 10 at $0.014 beside a median in Alberta of $0.013, with Black Diamond on top 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.
Earthquakes cost less around Wetaskiwin County No. 10 than in 73% of Canada’s 2,611 towns.
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).
The model counts damage to Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s buildings and their occupants from shaking only: not liquefaction, landslides, tsunami or fires after a quake.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
7.5% of homes tested around Wetaskiwin County No. 10 are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
At 7.5% over the guideline, the area around Wetaskiwin County No. 10 is about level with the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%. Nobody publishes radon tests for Wetaskiwin County No. 10 alone, so this card uses the figure for the David Thompson Regional Health Authority.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s area, at 7.5%, 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.
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Wetaskiwin County No. 10 as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Wetaskiwin County No. 10
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Wetaskiwin County No. 10; 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 Wetaskiwin County No. 10, 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)
Get ready for what Wetaskiwin County No. 10 faces
What to do about the hazards Wetaskiwin County No. 10 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
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. A study’s area can be a whole watershed or province, so being on the inventory says a map exists, not that a home in Wetaskiwin County No. 10 floods.
- Radon is a survey. The radon share comes from about 14,000 long-term home tests in 2009–2011, pooled for now by the 2007 health region Wetaskiwin County No. 10 sits in.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Shaking damage is modelled from the ground, the buildings and the odds of each quake, and published for whole subdivisions such as Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. The wildfire figure is the share of land within 25 km of Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s homes burned each year from 1986 to 2025, past fire rather than a forecast, and it can only lower Risk.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Wetaskiwin County No. 10
Is radon a problem in Wetaskiwin County No. 10?
In Health Canada’s survey, 7.5% of 107 homes tested in Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How is Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
10 A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Does Wetaskiwin County No. 10 flood?
Wetaskiwin County No. 10’s area has been studied for flooding, and the owner’s map shows which streets lie in a zone; the grade leaves flood out.
How big is the earthquake risk in Wetaskiwin County No. 10?
About $0.014 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Wetaskiwin County No. 10.
Is Wetaskiwin County No. 10 at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0.5% of the land within 25 km of Wetaskiwin County No. 10 has burned since 1986, the last in 2023, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
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).