Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0Hazards in Springfield North: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes
The burned-area map is nearly blank around Springfield North, 0% within 25 km since 1986, 0.001% a year. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Springfield North a grade of B+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Springfield North’s hazards
For Springfield North, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Springfield North faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Springfield North: B+
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Springfield North with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
Its place: #10 of 185 in Manitoba and #940 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. 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.
Wildfire is rare near Springfield North: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Springfield North’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
A burn rate of 0.001% a year keeps Springfield North in the low band (the typical Canadian town: 0.000%).
Fire has stayed at least 12 km from Springfield North’s homes since 1986.
Forest fuel is scarce around Springfield North: 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
In the top quarter in Manitoba: Springfield North ranks 31st of 189 at 0.001% a year, with Flin Flon (Part) first at 1.68%.
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 Springfield North, 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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Springfield North
Flood studies whose area touches Springfield North, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
NRCan’s inventory is silent on Springfield North, so any flood map would be the municipality’s own.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Springfield North; 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.
Nothing here counts toward Risk; the studies are pointers to the maps their owners keep for Springfield North.
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 Springfield North: $0.006 per $1,000 of buildings a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Springfield North’s $0.006 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.2 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Winnipeg, with Springfield North one part of it.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Springfield North’s $0.006 is close to the median in Manitoba, $0.006; Virden is highest at $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 Springfield North.
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 Springfield North 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).
12% of homes tested around Springfield North are over the radon 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 Springfield North, the typical Canadian town 6.6%. Nobody publishes radon tests for Springfield North alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg health region.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Around Springfield North, 12% of tests topped the guideline, about the same as the typical town in Manitoba (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, Springfield North 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.
Health Canada advises testing every home, Springfield North’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Springfield North
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Springfield North; 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 Springfield North, 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 Springfield North
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield North | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| River East 7,774 · 1.6 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Rossmere-A 13,613 · 2.1 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Valley Gardens 8,329 · 2.2 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Grassie 2,857 · 2.4 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Valhalla 3,153 · 2.8 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
| Eaglemere 3,631 · 3.0 km | Low | $0.006 | 12% | None listed |
None of the places around has more fire nearby than Springfield North (low); River East comes closest (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Springfield North faces
What to do about the hazards Springfield North 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
- 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 Springfield North until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Springfield North’s included.
- 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 Springfield North.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Springfield North without grading them.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Springfield North
Is radon a problem in Springfield North?
In Health Canada’s survey, 12% of 66 homes tested in Springfield North’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
Is Springfield North at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Springfield North has burned since 1986, the last in 2012, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How big is the earthquake risk in Springfield North?
About $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Springfield North.
Does Springfield North flood?
Nothing is listed for Springfield North on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How is Springfield North’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Springfield North’s Hazard risk grade is B+, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
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).