Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A flood study covers Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Wildfire is a moderate presence around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: 2.8% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.07% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. Seismic risk runs low: $0.010 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako a grade of B+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s hazards
For Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: B+
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
A moderate wildfire record for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: 2.8% within 25 km burned, 0.1% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
At 0.07% of the land a year, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s burn rate is moderate; the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Within 5 km of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 56% of the land is forest fuel; widen the ring to 25 km and it is 73%.
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 British Columbia · highest of 256
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako ranks 63rd of the 256 towns in British Columbia for burn rate, at 0.07% a year; Oliver leads with 0.98%.
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.
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako is in the moderate band, which holds 5.4% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 2.1% 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.
A flood study covers Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, from Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy: 1 on the inventory
Flood studies whose area touches Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
One study on the inventory touches Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy’s from 1991, and its area can be large, so it says a map exists, not that the town floods.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart River and Lake Floodplain Mapping (including Necoslie River and Nahounli Creek) | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy | 1991 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
76% of towns in British Columbia have a flood study, more than Canada’s 58%; Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako has one too.
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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako just $0.010 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.
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s $0.010 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.3 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Below the middle in British Columbia: Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s $0.010 against a median of $0.36; Duncan has $1.33.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Toward the quiet end of Canada’s range: 86% of its 2,611 towns sit above Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako 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).
Radon runs high around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: 12% of tested homes over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Radon tests for the Northern Interior health region
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s area, at 12%, is above the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town, so testing is worth more here than most places.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako (12%) than in the typical town in British Columbia (1.8%); 1.9% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
More high tests than most: Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako sits in a band that only 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns share, with 4.6% above.
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.
Health Canada advises testing every home, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako; 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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | Moderate | $0.010 | 12% | Yes |
| Fort St. James 1,542 · 5.4 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | Yes |
The neighbour with the most fire is Fort St. James (low), still no more than Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako (moderate).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako faces
What to do about the hazards Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- 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.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. The flood inventory points to maps; it is incomplete and not the official source, so ask the municipality about any street in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
- 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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 2.8% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako has burned since 1986, the last in 2025, a moderate band that leaves Risk alone.
Does Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako flood?
The inventory lists a study touching Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako; whether a given street floods is on that map, not in the grade.
How is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako B+, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
How big is the earthquake risk in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
About $0.010 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
Is radon a problem in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of 208 homes tested in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’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).