On hazards, Pukatawagan 198 comes out behind almost every Canadian town
Few towns burn like Pukatawagan 198: 70% of the land within 25 km since 1986, at 2.22% a year. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.003 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. More homes than usual carry radon here, 12% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Pukatawagan 198 grades D− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Pukatawagan 198’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Pukatawagan 198: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Pukatawagan 198 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Pukatawagan 198: D−
The grade weighs Pukatawagan 198’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. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Fire country: 70% of the land within 25 km of Pukatawagan 198 has burned since 1986, 55% within 5 km
Past fire around Pukatawagan 198’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Very high: the land around Pukatawagan 198 burns at 2.22% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Forest fuel is spread evenly around Pukatawagan 198: 40% within 5 km, 44% 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 190
Of the 190 towns in Manitoba, the land around Pukatawagan 198 burns fastest, 2.22% a year against 1.68% for Flin Flon (Part).
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 Pukatawagan 198 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 Pukatawagan 198
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Pukatawagan 198: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Nationally, Pukatawagan 198 has no listed flood study; the municipality is the place to ask.
Towns with a flood study on file
Only 18% of towns in Manitoba have a flood study, short of Canada’s 58%, and Pukatawagan 198 is not among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Listed, not scored: a flood study proves a map exists, not that Pukatawagan 198 floods.
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.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Pukatawagan 198 just $0.003 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Pukatawagan 198’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
The typical town in Manitoba expects $0.006 a year in shaking damage; Pukatawagan 198 expects less, $0.003, and Virden the most, $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.
Pukatawagan 198 is among Canada’s quietest towns for earthquakes: 99% of the 2,611 expect more damage.
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 loss is to Pukatawagan 198’s buildings alone, from ground shaking; infrastructure and secondary hazards are left out.
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 Pukatawagan 198: 12% of area homes were over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Radon tests for the Norman health region
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Pukatawagan 198’s area, at 12%.
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 Pukatawagan 198 had 0.5% over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
The 10–20% band holds 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, Pukatawagan 198 among them; 4.6% rank 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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Pukatawagan 198 as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Pukatawagan 198
Alerts for Pukatawagan 198 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 Pukatawagan 198 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)
Get ready for what Pukatawagan 198 faces
What to do about the hazards Pukatawagan 198 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
- 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 Pukatawagan 198 until then.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Pukatawagan 198 without grading them.
- 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 Pukatawagan 198’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. The wildfire figure is the share of land within 25 km of Pukatawagan 198’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 Pukatawagan 198
How is Pukatawagan 198’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Pukatawagan 198 grades D− for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Pukatawagan 198?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Pukatawagan 198 $0.003 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
Does Pukatawagan 198 flood?
Nothing is listed for Pukatawagan 198 on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
Is Pukatawagan 198 at risk of wildfire?
Yes, by Canadian standards: Pukatawagan 198’s band is very high, with 70% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire counts against its Risk grade.
Is radon a problem in Pukatawagan 198?
In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of 212 homes tested in Pukatawagan 198’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).