Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFlood mapping exists for Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 3 on record, latest by Province of Nova Scotia
Fire reaches the land around Annapolis County, Subdivision D now and then: 2.1% within 25 km since 1986 (0.05% a year), below the high band. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Annapolis County, Subdivision D as in most places, at $0.027 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s survey area, 5.6% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. Annapolis County, Subdivision D grades A− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Annapolis County, Subdivision D: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Annapolis County, Subdivision D faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Annapolis County, Subdivision D: A−
Seismic risk and radon set Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
Its place: #31 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #876 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Fire reaches the land around Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 0.1% within 5 km, 2.1% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
Moderate: the land around Annapolis County, Subdivision D burns at 0.05% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
74% of the land within 5 km of Annapolis County, Subdivision D is forest fuel, close to the 79% 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 Nova Scotia · highest of 90
In the upper half in Nova Scotia but far from Barrington (0.46%): Annapolis County, Subdivision D ranks 24th of 90, at 0.05% a year.
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.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D is in the moderate band, which holds 5.4% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 2.1% 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.
3 flood studies cover Annapolis County, Subdivision D, the newest from Province of Nova Scotia
Flood studies whose area touches Annapolis County, Subdivision D, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
Province of Nova Scotia and others have studied flooding in areas that include Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 3 studies, the latest from 2024.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Scotia Flood Mapping Minas Basin Area | Province of Nova Scotia | 2024 | final · not public |
| Sissiboo/Bear Primary Watershed | Province of Nova Scotia | 2023 | final · not public |
| Kings County | Municipality of the County of Kings | 2012 | final · not public |
Towns with a flood study on file
Mapping in Nova Scotia reaches 88% of towns, Annapolis County, Subdivision D included, beside 58% across Canada.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Mapping around Annapolis County, Subdivision D goes back to the 2010s and peaks in the 2020s, with 2 of its 3 studies.
Study dates as the NRCan inventory lists them, one count per study touching Annapolis County, Subdivision D.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Annapolis County, Subdivision D’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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Ordinary seismic risk in Annapolis County, Subdivision D: $0.027 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.
Nothing unusual about Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s ground: $0.027 against a typical $0.030, 0.9 times.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.027, Annapolis County, Subdivision D is above the typical town in Nova Scotia ($0.018); Clare has the most at $0.034.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Annapolis County, Subdivision D sits mid-range among Canada’s 2,611 towns: 53% expect more shaking 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 model counts damage to Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s buildings and their occupants from shaking only: not liquefaction, landslides, tsunami or fires after a quake.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Some radon around Annapolis County, Subdivision D: 5.6% of area homes over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
The survey area of Annapolis County, Subdivision D reads 5.6%, a shade from the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s area, at 5.6%, is below the median in Nova Scotia (13%), though 2.8% of its tests passed 600 Bq/m³.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Radon tops the guideline in a modest share of homes around Annapolis County, Subdivision D, a band holding 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 26% 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.
A survey sample isn’t a map: any home in Annapolis County, Subdivision D can be high, and a three-month test is the only way to know.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests published for the Zone 2 health region, not by town
Weather and fire alerts for Annapolis County, Subdivision D
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Annapolis County, Subdivision D; 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 Annapolis County, Subdivision D, 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)
Get ready for what Annapolis County, Subdivision D faces
Practical steps for Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s hazards, most pressing first.
- 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. NRCan’s inventory says where flood mapping exists, not where water goes; the map’s owner is the authority for Annapolis County, Subdivision D.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Radon is a survey. About 14,000 homes were tested across Canada in 2009–2011, and the share over the guideline for Annapolis County, Subdivision D is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Annapolis County, Subdivision D
Is Annapolis County, Subdivision D at risk of wildfire?
Some, but Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s moderate band (2.1% of nearby land burned since 1986, latest 2025) is short of the level that counts.
Is radon a problem in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
The area’s survey found 5.6% of 107 tested homes above Health Canada’s guideline, so a three-month test is worth doing in Annapolis County, Subdivision D.
How big is the earthquake risk in Annapolis County, Subdivision D?
About $0.027 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Annapolis County, Subdivision D.
Does Annapolis County, Subdivision D flood?
There is flood mapping for Annapolis County, Subdivision D on the national inventory, each study linked to its owner’s map, none of them graded.
How is Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Annapolis County, Subdivision D’s Hazard risk grade is A−, 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).