Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainInverness County, Subdivision C faces fewer hazards than 93% of Canadian towns
Burn scars are few around Inverness County, Subdivision C, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.001% a year). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Inverness County, Subdivision C as in most places, at $0.016 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 2% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Hazard risk gives Inverness County, Subdivision C a grade of A; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Inverness County, Subdivision C’s hazards
For Inverness County, Subdivision C, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Inverness County, Subdivision C faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Inverness County, Subdivision C grades A for hazard risk
For Inverness County, Subdivision C, Risk will be the average of earthquakes and radon, with wildfire added only if it makes the average worse.
Its place: #9 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #275 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
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.
Little of the land around Inverness County, Subdivision C has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0.1% within 25 km since 1986
Past fire around Inverness County, Subdivision C’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Inverness County, Subdivision C burns at 0.001% a year, low against 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
About as much forest grows next to Inverness County, Subdivision C’s homes (80% within 5 km) as across 25 km (80%).
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
Barrington tops the 90 towns in Nova Scotia at 0.46% a year; Inverness County, Subdivision C, at 0.001%, comes 69th.
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.
Low, like 92% of the country’s 2,610 towns: the land around Inverness County, Subdivision C burns, but slower than in the 7.5% above it.
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.
Province of Nova Scotia has mapped flooding for Inverness County, Subdivision C (1 study)
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Inverness County, Subdivision C: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
One study on the inventory touches Inverness County, Subdivision C, Province of Nova Scotia’s from 2024, and its area can be large, so it says a map exists, not that the town floods.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Shore Flood Mapping Area | Province of Nova Scotia | 2024 | final · not public |
Towns with a flood study on file
88% of towns in Nova Scotia have a flood study, more than Canada’s 58%; Inverness County, Subdivision C has one too.
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 Inverness County, Subdivision C’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.
Expected shaking damage in Inverness County, Subdivision C: $0.016 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.016 per $1,000, Inverness County, Subdivision C’s earthquake risk is about the typical Canadian town’s ($0.030; 0.5 times).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
The median in Nova Scotia is $0.018; Inverness County, Subdivision C, at $0.016, is right beside it, and Clare tops the list 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.
71% of Canada’s 2,611 towns expect more shaking damage than Inverness County, Subdivision C.
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 Inverness County, Subdivision C 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).
Little radon around Inverness County, Subdivision C: 2% of area homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Zone 4 health region
Where the typical Canadian town has 6.6% of homes over the guideline, Inverness County, Subdivision C’s area has fewer, 2%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Inverness County, Subdivision C’s area, at 2%, is below the median in Nova Scotia (13%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
63% of Canada’s 2,611 towns have a higher share of homes over 200 Bq/m³ than Inverness County, Subdivision C’s band, which holds 37%.
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 Inverness County, Subdivision C, 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 Inverness County, Subdivision C
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Inverness County, Subdivision C; 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 Inverness County, Subdivision C 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 Inverness County, Subdivision C
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness County, Subdivision C | Low | $0.016 | 2% | Yes |
| Port Hawkesbury 3,442 · 18 km | Low | $0.013 | 2% | Yes |
The fire record around Port Hawkesbury is a touch heavier than Inverness County, Subdivision C’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 Inverness County, Subdivision C faces
Practical steps for Inverness County, Subdivision C’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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- 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 Inverness County, Subdivision C until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Inverness County, Subdivision C’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Wildfire counts one way. For Inverness County, Subdivision C, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Inverness County, Subdivision C without grading them.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Inverness County, Subdivision C
Is radon a problem in Inverness County, Subdivision C?
The area’s survey found 2% of 99 tested homes above Health Canada’s guideline, so a three-month test is worth doing in Inverness County, Subdivision C.
How big is the earthquake risk in Inverness County, Subdivision C?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Inverness County, Subdivision C $0.016 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
Does Inverness County, Subdivision C flood?
A flood study covers Inverness County, Subdivision C on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
How is Inverness County, Subdivision C’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Inverness County, Subdivision C A, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Inverness County, Subdivision C at risk of wildfire?
Some, but Inverness County, Subdivision C’s low band (0.1% of nearby land burned since 1986, latest 2020) is short of the level that counts.
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).