Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.020% of homes tested in Richibucto 15’s area are above the radon guideline
Burn scars are few around Richibucto 15, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). Earthquake risk in Richibucto 15 is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.042 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Richibucto 15 grades C− for hazard risk; wildfire is low here, so it earns no credit.
What stands out about Richibucto 15’s hazards
For Richibucto 15, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Richibucto 15 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Richibucto 15: C−
The grade weighs Richibucto 15’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.
Few fires near Richibucto 15: 0% within 5 km, 0.1% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Richibucto 15’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
At 0.002% of the land a year, Richibucto 15’s burn rate is in the low band; the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Nothing inside 5 km of Richibucto 15’s homes has burned since 1986, and the nearest scar is 22 km off.
About as much forest grows next to Richibucto 15’s homes (81% within 5 km) as across 25 km (85%).
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 New Brunswick · highest of 61
Richibucto 15 sits mid-table in New Brunswick: 30th of 61 towns, at 0.002% a year, well behind Tracadie (0.28%).
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 Richibucto 15, 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.
Richibucto 15 is on the flood map inventory: 1 study, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB
Flood studies whose area touches Richibucto 15, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
Service New Brunswick - GeoNB holds the flood mapping that covers Richibucto 15 (2020), linked below.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Flood Mapping in New Brunswick and Updated Sea-Level Rise and Flooding Estimates for New Brunswick Coastal Sections 2020 | Service New Brunswick - GeoNB | 2020 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
93% of towns in New Brunswick have a flood study, more than Canada’s 58%; Richibucto 15 has one too.
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 Richibucto 15 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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Earthquakes cost buildings in Richibucto 15 $0.042 per $1,000 a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
With $0.042 of shaking damage a year per $1,000, Richibucto 15 is about even with the typical $0.030 (1.4 times).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
About level with the typical town in New Brunswick: Richibucto 15’s $0.042 against $0.036; St. Stephen reaches $0.16.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Middle of the pack: 43% of Canada’s 2,611 towns have more earthquake risk than Richibucto 15.
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 Richibucto 15 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).
Radon runs high around Richibucto 15: 20% of tested homes over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 1 health region
Richibucto 15’s area, at 20%, is above the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town, so testing is worth more here than most places.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Ordinary for towns in New Brunswick at 20% over 200 Bq/m³ (20% is the median), the area around Richibucto 15 had 3.7% over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
More high tests than most: Richibucto 15 sits in a band that only 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns share, with 4.6% 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.
Neighbouring homes in Richibucto 15 can differ a lot; only a long-term test tells you about yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Richibucto 15
Alerts for Richibucto 15 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. |
Fire danger and active fires near Richibucto 15 are mapped daily by the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System; evacuation orders come from the municipality or province.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Richibucto 15
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto 15 | Low | $0.042 | 20% | Yes |
| Weldford 1,510 · 5.1 km | Low | $0.041 | 20% | Yes |
| Rexton 1,059 · 11 km | Low | $0.051 | 20% | Yes |
| Saint-Charles 2,189 · 13 km | Low | $0.048 | 20% | Yes |
| Richibucto 1,745 · 14 km | Low | $0.042 | 20% | Yes |
| Richibucto 2,457 · 16 km | Low | $0.042 | 20% | Yes |
| Saint-Louis de Kent 1,026 · 16 km | Low | $0.053 | 20% | Yes |
The fire record around Richibucto is a touch heavier than Richibucto 15’s, but the band is the same: low (here low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Richibucto 15 faces
What to do about the hazards Richibucto 15 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Richibucto 15.
- Radon is a survey. The radon share comes from about 14,000 long-term home tests in 2009–2011, pooled for now by the 2007 health region Richibucto 15 sits in.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. A study’s area can be a whole watershed or province, so being on the inventory says a map exists, not that a home in Richibucto 15 floods.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Richibucto 15’s included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Richibucto 15
How big is the earthquake risk in Richibucto 15?
About $0.042 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Richibucto 15.
Is Richibucto 15 at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0.1% of the land around Richibucto 15 since 1986 (last in 2021); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
Does Richibucto 15 flood?
Richibucto 15’s area has been studied for flooding, and the owner’s map shows which streets lie in a zone; the grade leaves flood out.
Is radon a problem in Richibucto 15?
Around Richibucto 15, 107 survey homes were tested and 20% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How is Richibucto 15’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Richibucto 15’s Hazard risk grade is C−, 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).