Photo: You may select the license of your choice. · CC BY-SA 3.0Wildfire low, radon 8%: how Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards stands on hazards
Little of the land around Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.067 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards a grade of C+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’s hazards
For Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards: C+
Earthquake risk and radon make Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ grade; wildfire can only lower it, never raise it, and flood studies are listed but not scored.
Its place: #670 of 866 in Ontario and #1,780 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.
Little of the land around Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0.1% within 25 km since 1986
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
The land within 25 km of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards burns at 0.002% a year on average, the low band; the typical Canadian town: 0.000%.
No fire has burned within 5 km of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ homes since 1986; the nearest burn is 7.0 km away.
Forest fuel is spread evenly around Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards: 33% within 5 km, 35% 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 Ontario · highest of 871
Sioux Lookout burns fastest in Ontario at 0.16% a year; Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, at 0.002%, ranks 54th of 871.
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.
The low band takes in 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards among them, though its rate is above zero; 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.
No flood study is listed for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Flood studies whose area touches Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
An empty entry for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards on the inventory isn’t proof of safety; ask locally for flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
69% of towns in Ontario have a flood study, more than Canada’s 58%; Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards is not yet one of them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Nothing here counts toward Risk; the studies are pointers to the maps their owners keep for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
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.”
High seismic risk in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards: $0.067 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.
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ $0.067 is about 2.2 times the typical town’s $0.030: it sits in one of Canada’s more active seismic zones.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ $0.067 tops the median in Ontario, $0.043, though Alexandria reaches $0.21.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
29% of Canada’s 2,611 towns expect more shaking damage than Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, which places it in the upper third.
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).
For Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards the model prices shaking damage to buildings, nothing more.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Radon about average around Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards: 8% over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ area, at 8%, is close to the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Renfrew County and District Health Unit, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards included.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ area, at 8%, is above the median in Ontario (4%), and 1% 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.
Between 5% and 10% of tests over the guideline: Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, and 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 26% are 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.
Whatever Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ area share, the reading that matters is your own home’s, over a winter.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards; 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 Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, 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)
How Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards | Low | $0.067 | 8% | None listed |
| Barry's Bay 4,151 · 19 km | Low | $0.038 | 8% | None listed |
The neighbour with the most fire is Barry's Bay (low), still no more than Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards faces
Practical steps for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ 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
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- 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 Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
- 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 Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Is Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ band is low, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
How is Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards’ Hazard risk grade is C+, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is radon a problem in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards?
8% of the 100 homes Health Canada tested around Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards?
About $0.067 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards.
Does Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards flood?
No study on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory covers Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (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).