Photo: Eric.stewart · CC BY-SA 4.0Flood mapping exists for Kings County, Subdivision D: 3 on record, latest by Province of Nova Scotia
Burn scars are few around Kings County, Subdivision D, with 0% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.001% a year). NRCan expects $0.018 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Kings County, Subdivision D, near the typical $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, 5.6% of homes tested in Kings County, Subdivision D’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Kings County, Subdivision D grades A− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Kings County, Subdivision D’s hazards
For Kings County, Subdivision D, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Kings 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 Kings County, Subdivision D: A−
Earthquake risk and radon make Kings County, Subdivision D’s grade; wildfire can only lower it, never raise it, and flood studies are listed but not scored.
Its place: #17 of 88 in Nova Scotia and #644 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Few fires near Kings County, Subdivision D: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Kings County, Subdivision D’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
Low: the land around Kings County, Subdivision D burns at 0.001% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
There is forest near Kings County, Subdivision D’s homes (45% within 5 km) and more of it further out (65% 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
Barrington tops the 90 towns in Nova Scotia at 0.46% a year; Kings County, Subdivision D, 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.
Beside 2,610 Canadian towns, Kings County, Subdivision D 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.
Kings County, Subdivision D is on the flood map inventory: 3 studies, latest by Province of Nova Scotia
Flood studies whose area touches Kings County, Subdivision D, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
3 studies on the inventory touch Kings County, Subdivision D, the newest Province of Nova Scotia’s from 2024, and their areas can be large, so they say maps exist, not that the town floods.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Scotia Flood Mapping Minas Basin Area | Province of Nova Scotia | 2024 | final · not public |
| Fundy Agricultural Marshlands Flood Maps | Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, Saint Mary’s University | 2018 | 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, Kings 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.
Studies touching Kings County, Subdivision D run from the 2010s to the 2020s, with the most in the 2010s: 2 of 3.
Study dates as the NRCan inventory lists them, one count per study touching Kings County, Subdivision D.
Flood studies don’t enter the grade; they are listed so you can open the official map for Kings County, Subdivision D.
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 Kings County, Subdivision D $0.018 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.
At $0.018 per $1,000, Kings County, Subdivision D’s earthquake risk is about the typical Canadian town’s ($0.030; 0.6 times).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Shaking damage around Kings County, Subdivision D runs at $0.018 a year, near the $0.018 of the typical town in Nova Scotia; Clare has $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.
Most of Canada’s 2,611 towns (68%) face more earthquake damage than Kings County, Subdivision D.
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 Kings County, Subdivision D 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).
5.6% of homes tested around Kings County, Subdivision D are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
The survey area of Kings 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
Fewer homes top the guideline around Kings County, Subdivision D (5.6%) than in the typical town in Nova Scotia (13%), yet 2.8% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns share Kings County, Subdivision D’s band of 5 to 10%; 26% sit higher.
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 Kings County, Subdivision D 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). · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Zone 2 health region
Where to get warnings in Kings County, Subdivision D
Alerts for Kings County, Subdivision D 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. |
Evacuation orders for Kings County, Subdivision D come from the municipality or the province, while CWFIS maps fire danger every day.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Kings County, Subdivision D’s neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision D | Low | $0.018 | 5.6% | Yes |
| Wolfville 5,587 · 2.7 km | Low | $0.016 | 5.6% | Yes |
| Kings County, Subdivision B 12,661 · 12 km | Low | $0.022 | 5.6% | Yes |
| Kings County, Subdivision C 8,994 · 13 km | Low | $0.020 | 5.6% | Yes |
| Kentville 7,589 · 13 km | Low | $0.017 | 5.6% | Yes |
| Windsor 20,318 · 18 km | Low | $0.022 | 13% | Yes |
The fire record around Kings County, Subdivision B is a touch heavier than Kings County, Subdivision D’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 Kings County, Subdivision D faces
Practical steps for Kings County, Subdivision D’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
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. The flood inventory points to maps; it is incomplete and not the official source, so ask the municipality about any street in Kings County, Subdivision D.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Kings County, Subdivision D takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- 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 Kings County, Subdivision D.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Kings County, Subdivision D’s included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Kings County, Subdivision D
Is radon a problem in Kings County, Subdivision D?
5.6% of the 107 homes Health Canada tested around Kings County, Subdivision D topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Kings County, Subdivision D?
About $0.018 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Kings County, Subdivision D.
Does Kings County, Subdivision D flood?
The inventory lists a study touching Kings County, Subdivision D; whether a given street floods is on that map, not in the grade.
Is Kings County, Subdivision D at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Kings County, Subdivision D’s band is low, with 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2023), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
How is Kings County, Subdivision D’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Kings County, Subdivision D A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
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).