Photo: P199 · Public domainHazards in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 7.8% of tested homes
Little of the land around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part has burned: 1.3% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.04% a year. NRCan expects $0.034 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, near the typical $0.030. Hazard risk gives Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part a grade of B; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: B
Seismic risk and radon set Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
Its place: #623 of 866 in Ontario and #1,425 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
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.
Few fires near Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: 0.1% within 5 km, 1.3% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
With 0.04% burned a year, Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part is among the many low-band places (the typical Canadian town 0.000%).
Forest fuel is spread evenly around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: 60% within 5 km, 64% 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
In the top quarter in Ontario: Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ranks 11th of 871 at 0.04% a year, with Sioux Lookout first at 0.16%.
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, Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part
Flood studies whose area touches Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
No flood study on the national inventory covers Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part; ask the municipality, which is the authority for its flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Missing from a well-mapped province: Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part has no study, where 69% of towns in Ontario 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.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’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.”
Expected shaking damage in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part: $0.034 a year per $1,000
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
1.1 times the typical $0.030: Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s $0.034 is ordinary.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.034, Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part is below the typical town in Ontario ($0.043); Alexandria is highest at $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.
Neither high nor low for Canada: 46% of the 2,611 towns expect more damage than Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part.
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).
Roads, pipes and bridges aren’t in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s figure, nor landslides or tsunami: it is buildings and shaking.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
7.8% of homes tested around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Measured across the Timiskaming Health Unit: radon tests
7.8% of tested homes around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part were over the guideline, much like the typical Canadian town at 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (7.8%) than in the typical town in Ontario (4%); 1% went over 600.
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: Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, 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.
A survey sample isn’t a map: any home in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 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).
Weather and fire alerts for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part; 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. |
In fire season, check CWFIS for danger and active fires around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part | Low | $0.034 | 7.8% | None listed |
| Englehart 1,559 · 17 km | Low | $0.043 | 7.8% | None listed |
None of the places around has more fire nearby than Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (low); Englehart comes closest (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part faces
Practical steps for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’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
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- 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 Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part floods.
- 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 Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part sits in.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part
Is radon a problem in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part?
The area’s survey found 7.8% of 103 tested homes above Health Canada’s guideline, so a three-month test is worth doing in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part.
How big is the earthquake risk in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part?
Expected earthquake damage in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part comes to $0.034 a year for each $1,000 that buildings are worth.
How is Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part B, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part at risk of wildfire?
Some, but Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part’s low band (1.3% of nearby land burned since 1986, latest 2025) is short of the level that counts.
Does Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part flood?
The inventory has 0 studies for Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, and an empty list isn’t a clean bill: the municipality holds any flood maps.
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).