Photo: Ccyyrree · CC0Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Eaglemere stands on hazards
For Eaglemere, wildfire history is close to nil: 0% of nearby land since 1986, 0.001% a year. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Eaglemere grades B+ for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Eaglemere’s hazards
For Eaglemere, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Eaglemere faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Eaglemere grades B+ for hazard risk
Two inputs always count for Eaglemere, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
Its place: #10 of 185 in Manitoba and #940 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. Only 66 homes were tested in the survey area, so the radon share is rough. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Few fires near Eaglemere: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Past fire around Eaglemere’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
With 0.001% burned a year, Eaglemere is among the many low-band places (the typical Canadian town 0.000%).
Eaglemere’s homes have had no fire within 5 km since 1986; the closest was 14 km away.
Forest fuel is scarce around Eaglemere: 0% of the land within 5 km, 0.1% 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
Flin Flon (Part) burns fastest in Manitoba at 1.68% a year; Eaglemere, at 0.001%, ranks 31st of 189.
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.
Some fire is mapped around Eaglemere, but not enough to leave the low band, where 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are; 7.5% 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.
No flood study is listed for Eaglemere
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Eaglemere: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
An empty entry for Eaglemere on the inventory isn’t proof of safety; ask locally for flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Eaglemere; 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.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Eaglemere’s homes are at risk.
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.”
Low seismic risk in Eaglemere: $0.006 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Eaglemere’s $0.006 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.2 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Winnipeg, Eaglemere included.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Shaking damage around Eaglemere runs at $0.006 a year, near the $0.006 of the typical town in Manitoba; Virden has $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.
Most of Canada’s 2,611 towns (88%) face more earthquake damage than Eaglemere.
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 Eaglemere 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).
Radon runs high around Eaglemere: 12% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Shared with the rest of the Winnipeg health region: radon tests
A higher share than most: 12% of tested homes around Eaglemere, the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Radon around Eaglemere is ordinary for towns in Manitoba: 12%, beside a median of 12%.
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, Eaglemere 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.
Radon varies from house to house in Eaglemere, so the survey is a reason to test, not a result for yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Eaglemere
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Eaglemere; 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. |
Smoke and fire warnings for Eaglemere come through Environment Canada and Alert Ready; the fire map is CWFIS’s.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Eaglemere
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaglemere | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Peguis 11,177 · 0.9 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Munroe East 8,873 · 1.1 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Valley Gardens 8,329 · 1.2 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Grassie 2,857 · 1.4 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| East Elmwood 3,611 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Talbot-Grey 2,756 · 2.6 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
Eaglemere’s low band tops its neighbours; Peguis is next (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Eaglemere faces
What to do about the hazards Eaglemere 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?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Wildfire counts one way. For Eaglemere, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Eaglemere takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Eaglemere’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- 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 Eaglemere.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Eaglemere
Is Eaglemere at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Eaglemere has burned since 1986, the last in 2012, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How big is the earthquake risk in Eaglemere?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Eaglemere’s buildings lose $0.006 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Eaglemere flood?
Nothing is listed for Eaglemere on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
Is radon a problem in Eaglemere?
In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of 66 homes tested in Eaglemere’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How is Eaglemere’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Eaglemere B+, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
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).