Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 7, Subdivision K faces fewer hazards than 96% of Canadian towns
Wildfire is rare near Division No. 7, Subdivision K: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.005% a year. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.009 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Hazard risk gives Division No. 7, Subdivision K a grade of A+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Division No. 7, Subdivision K: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Division No. 7, Subdivision K faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Division No. 7, Subdivision K: A+
Seismic risk and radon set Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
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.
Wildfire is rare near Division No. 7, Subdivision K: 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Fire claims 0.005% of the land around Division No. 7, Subdivision K each year, a low band, with the typical Canadian town at 0.000%.
The closest burn since 1986 lies 12 km from Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s homes, none within 5 km.
About as much forest grows next to Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s homes (68% within 5 km) as across 25 km (65%).
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 Newfoundland and Labrador · highest of 33
In the lower half in Newfoundland and Labrador: Division No. 7, Subdivision K at 0.005% a year, 23rd of 33, far from Labrador City’s 0.43%.
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.
Beside 2,610 Canadian towns, Division No. 7, Subdivision K reads low, with 92% of them; only 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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Division No. 7, Subdivision K: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
An empty entry for Division No. 7, Subdivision K on the inventory isn’t proof of safety; ask locally for flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Missing from a well-mapped province: Division No. 7, Subdivision K has no study, where 59% of towns in Newfoundland and Labrador have one against 58% nationally.
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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K 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.”
Low seismic risk in Division No. 7, Subdivision K: $0.009 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.009 per $1,000, Division No. 7, Subdivision K carries 0.3 times the typical Canadian town’s earthquake risk ($0.030): low.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Neither high nor low in Newfoundland and Labrador: Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s $0.009 sits by the median of $0.011, while Holyrood reaches $0.015.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Earthquakes cost less around Division No. 7, Subdivision K than in 86% of Canada’s 2,611 towns.
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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K’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).
Radon runs low around Division No. 7, Subdivision K: 4% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s survey area reads 4% over the guideline, under the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%. Division No. 7, Subdivision K shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Around Division No. 7, Subdivision K, 4% of tests topped the guideline, about the same as the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador (4%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Few tests over the guideline: Division No. 7, Subdivision K shares the bottom band with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, below the other 63%.
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.
Basements, soil and how a house is sealed decide its radon, so in Division No. 7, Subdivision K only a test can say.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Division No. 7, Subdivision K
Alerts for Division No. 7, Subdivision K 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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K 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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K | Low | $0.009 | 4% | None listed |
| Clarenville 7,441 · 9.0 km | Low | $0.009 | 4% | Yes |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L 1,248 · 11 km | Low | $0.009 | 4% | Yes |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision M 1,878 · 19 km | Low | $0.010 | 4% | Yes |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E 2,632 · 19 km | Low | $0.012 | 4% | None listed |
The fire record around Division No. 7, Subdivision E is a touch heavier than Division No. 7, Subdivision K’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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K faces
Practical steps for Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s hazards, most pressing first.
- 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
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- 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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K sits in.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- 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 Division No. 7, Subdivision K floods.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Division No. 7, Subdivision K
Is Division No. 7, Subdivision K at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s band is low, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
Is radon a problem in Division No. 7, Subdivision K?
4% of the 100 homes Health Canada tested around Division No. 7, Subdivision K topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Division No. 7, Subdivision K?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s buildings lose $0.009 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
How is Division No. 7, Subdivision K’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Division No. 7, Subdivision K grades A+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Division No. 7, Subdivision K flood?
No study on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory covers Division No. 7, Subdivision K (0), which doesn’t mean it has never been mapped, so ask the municipality.
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).