Hazard risk in Tsinstikeptum 9 is higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
Wildfire is a real hazard for Tsinstikeptum 9: 24% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.61% a year, in the high band. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Tsinstikeptum 9 as in most places, at $0.016 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Radon is higher than usual: 17% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Tsinstikeptum 9 a grade of D−; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Tsinstikeptum 9’s hazards
For Tsinstikeptum 9, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Tsinstikeptum 9 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Tsinstikeptum 9: D−
The grade weighs Tsinstikeptum 9’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
25% of the land near Tsinstikeptum 9’s homes has burned since 1986, 24% within 25 km
Past fire around Tsinstikeptum 9’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The yearly burn rate around Tsinstikeptum 9 is 0.61%, against 0.000% for the typical Canadian town: the high band.
There is forest near Tsinstikeptum 9’s homes (9% within 5 km) and more of it further out (52% within 25 km).
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
Tsinstikeptum 9 ranks 5th of the 256 towns in British Columbia for burn rate, at 0.61% 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.
Tsinstikeptum 9 is one of the few of Canada’s 2,610 towns in the high band (1.9%); 0.2% rank very high.
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.
Okanagan Basin Water Board has mapped flooding for Tsinstikeptum 9 (1 study)
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Tsinstikeptum 9: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
A 2020 study by Okanagan Basin Water Board covers Tsinstikeptum 9, and its map, not the inventory, shows the zones.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okanagan Mainstem Floodplain Mapping Project | Okanagan Basin Water Board | 2020 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
76% of towns in British Columbia have a flood study, more than Canada’s 58%; Tsinstikeptum 9 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 Tsinstikeptum 9.
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 Tsinstikeptum 9 $0.016 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
0.5 times the typical $0.030: Tsinstikeptum 9’s $0.016 is ordinary.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk in British Columbia peaks in Duncan ($1.33); Tsinstikeptum 9, at $0.016, is below the median of $0.36.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Tsinstikeptum 9 is in the lower part of Canada’s range for earthquake risk; 71% 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 Tsinstikeptum 9 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).
Test for radon in Tsinstikeptum 9: 17% of area homes were over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Tsinstikeptum 9’s area, at 17%. Figures for radon tests are published for the Okanagan health region as a whole, not for Tsinstikeptum 9 alone.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Tsinstikeptum 9’s area, at 17%, is above the median in British Columbia (1.8%), and 2.8% of its tests passed 600 Bq/m³.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
One test in ten or more tops the guideline around Tsinstikeptum 9, as in 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 4.6% go 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.
Health Canada advises testing every home, Tsinstikeptum 9’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Tsinstikeptum 9
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Tsinstikeptum 9; 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 Tsinstikeptum 9, 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 Tsinstikeptum 9
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsinstikeptum 9 | High | $0.016 | 17% | Yes |
| West Kelowna 40,274 · 1.0 km | High | $0.015 | 17% | Yes |
| Tsinstikeptum 10 2,081 · 6.4 km | Moderate | $0.012 | 17% | Yes |
| Kelowna 167,654 · 12 km | High | $0.024 | 17% | Yes |
| Peachland 6,302 · 12 km | High | $0.013 | 17% | Yes |
Tsinstikeptum 10 has the most fire around it, a moderate band against Tsinstikeptum 9’s high.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Tsinstikeptum 9 faces
What to do about the hazards Tsinstikeptum 9 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
- Wildfire counts one way. For Tsinstikeptum 9, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Tsinstikeptum 9 without grading them.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Tsinstikeptum 9’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’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 Tsinstikeptum 9 until then.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Tsinstikeptum 9
Is radon a problem in Tsinstikeptum 9?
Around Tsinstikeptum 9, 109 survey homes were tested and 17% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How is Tsinstikeptum 9’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Tsinstikeptum 9 D−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
How big is the earthquake risk in Tsinstikeptum 9?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Tsinstikeptum 9’s buildings lose $0.016 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Tsinstikeptum 9 flood?
A flood study covers Tsinstikeptum 9 on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
Is Tsinstikeptum 9 at risk of wildfire?
More than most Canadian towns; Tsinstikeptum 9’s high band rests on 24% of nearby land burned since 1986 (most recently 2025).
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).