Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainOn hazards, Flin Flon (Part) comes out behind almost every Canadian town
Wildfire is Flin Flon (Part)’s dominant hazard: 63% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 1.68% a year. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.003 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). More homes than usual carry radon here, 12% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Hazard risk gives Flin Flon (Part) a grade of D−; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Flin Flon (Part)’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Flin Flon (Part): earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Flin Flon (Part) faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Flin Flon (Part) grades D− for hazard risk
The grade weighs Flin Flon (Part)’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
Its place: #2,586 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.
Fire country: 63% of the land within 25 km of Flin Flon (Part) has burned since 1986, 31% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Flin Flon (Part)’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
At 1.68% of the land a year, Flin Flon (Part)’s burn rate is very high, far beyond the typical Canadian town’s 0.000%.
The ring nearest Flin Flon (Part) is the most wooded: 25% forest fuel within 5 km against 15% 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 Manitoba · highest of 189
None of the 189 towns in Manitoba burns faster than Flin Flon (Part) (1.68% a year); Division No. 19, Unorganized follows at 0.71%.
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.
Very high is the rarest band, 0.2% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, and Flin Flon (Part) is in it.
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 Flin Flon (Part)
Flood studies whose area touches Flin Flon (Part), from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
The inventory has nothing for Flin Flon (Part), but a local or conservation-authority map may still exist.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Flin Flon (Part); in Manitoba, 18% of towns have one, below Canada’s 58%.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood mapping is shown for Flin Flon (Part) to be opened and checked, never turned into a grade.
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.”
Little shaking expected in Flin Flon (Part): $0.003 a year per $1,000
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Flin Flon (Part)’s $0.003 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.1 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Flin Flon (Part)’s $0.003 sits under the median in Manitoba, $0.006, and well under Virden’s $0.007.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
At the bottom of Canada’s range, Flin Flon (Part) has 99% of the 2,611 towns above it.
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 Flin Flon (Part)’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).
Test for radon in Flin Flon (Part): 12% of area homes were over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
A higher share than most: 12% of tested homes around Flin Flon (Part), the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Ordinary for towns in Manitoba at 12% over 200 Bq/m³ (12% is the median), the area around Flin Flon (Part) had 0.5% over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flin Flon (Part) is in the 10–20% band, with 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; only 4.6% are 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.
A survey sample isn’t a map: any home in Flin Flon (Part) 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). · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Norman health region)
Weather and fire alerts for Flin Flon (Part)
Alerts for Flin Flon (Part) come from Environment and Climate Change Canada and, for emergencies, Alert Ready.
| 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. |
Evacuation orders for Flin Flon (Part) come from the municipality or the province, while CWFIS maps fire danger every day.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Flin Flon (Part)’s neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flin Flon (Part) | Very high | $0.003 | 12% | None listed |
| Creighton 1,238 · 4.3 km | Moderate | $0.004 | 14% | None listed |
Flin Flon (Part)’s very high band tops its neighbours; Creighton is next (moderate).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Flin Flon (Part) faces
What to do about the hazards Flin Flon (Part) 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?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Flin Flon (Part)’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Flin Flon (Part)’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Flin Flon (Part) without grading them.
- 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 Flin Flon (Part) until then.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Flin Flon (Part)
Does Flin Flon (Part) flood?
Nothing is listed for Flin Flon (Part) on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How big is the earthquake risk in Flin Flon (Part)?
Expected earthquake damage in Flin Flon (Part) comes to $0.003 a year for each $1,000 that buildings are worth.
Is radon a problem in Flin Flon (Part)?
In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of 212 homes tested in Flin Flon (Part)’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
Is Flin Flon (Part) at risk of wildfire?
Yes, by Canadian standards: Flin Flon (Part)’s band is very high, with 63% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire counts against its Risk grade.
How is Flin Flon (Part)’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Flin Flon (Part) grades D− for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
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).