Photo: Beauce1977 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFrampton’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 13% of area homes over the radon guideline
For Frampton, wildfire history is close to nil: 0% of nearby land since 1986, 0.000% a year. Seismic risk in Frampton sits near the middle: $0.053 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Hazard risk gives Frampton a grade of C−, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Frampton’s hazards
For Frampton, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Frampton faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Frampton grades C− for hazard risk
The grade weighs Frampton’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
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 Frampton has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km since 1986
Past fire around Frampton’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The land within 25 km of Frampton burns at 0.000% a year on average, the low band; the typical Canadian town: 0.000%.
The closest burn since 1986 lies 11 km from Frampton’s homes, none within 5 km.
More forest grows near Frampton’s homes (62% within 5 km) than across 25 km (49%).
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 Quebec · highest of 514
Near-zero burning puts Frampton with 145 of the 514 towns in Quebec, far below Mistissini at 0.31%.
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.
92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are in the low band and 7.5% above it; Frampton is among the many where the yearly burn rate rounds to zero.
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 Frampton
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Frampton: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
No flood study on the national inventory covers Frampton; ask the municipality, which is the authority for its flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Mapping in Quebec reaches 45% of towns, below the 58% across Canada, and not Frampton.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood studies don’t enter the grade; they are listed so you can open the official map for Frampton.
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 Frampton: $0.053 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Nothing unusual about Frampton’s ground: $0.053 against a typical $0.030, 1.8 times.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.053, Frampton is below the typical town in Quebec ($0.14); La Pocatière is highest at $0.48.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Frampton sits above most of Canada’s 2,611 towns on earthquake risk; 30% are higher.
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 Frampton 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).
13% of homes tested around Frampton are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Chaudiere-Appalaches health region
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Frampton’s area, at 13%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Frampton (13%) than in the typical town in Quebec (8.2%); 0.6% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Frampton is in the 10–20% band, with 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; only 4.6% 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.
Health Canada advises testing every home, Frampton’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Frampton
Alerts for Frampton 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. |
Fire danger and active fires near Frampton are mapped daily by the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System; evacuation orders come from the municipality or province.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Frampton’s neighbours compare on hazards
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frampton | Low | $0.053 | 13% | None listed |
| Saint-Malachie 1,755 · 6.3 km | Low | $0.055 | 13% | None listed |
| Saints-Anges 1,364 · 8.3 km | Low | $0.058 | 13% | None listed |
| Sainte-Marguerite 1,297 · 9.2 km | Low | $0.062 | 13% | None listed |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon 1,033 · 13 km | Low | $0.056 | 13% | Yes |
| Vallée-Jonction 2,042 · 13 km | Low | $0.049 | 13% | None listed |
| Sainte-Claire 3,724 · 15 km | Low | $0.080 | 13% | Yes |
Nowhere around Frampton burns more: Saint-Malachie, the closest rival, is low to its low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Frampton faces
What to do about the hazards Frampton faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- 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
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Frampton’s included.
- 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 Frampton until then.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Frampton without grading them.
- 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 Frampton.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Frampton
How is Frampton’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Frampton’s Hazard risk grade is C−, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is radon a problem in Frampton?
In Health Canada’s survey, 13% of 175 homes tested in Frampton’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
Is Frampton at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Frampton has burned since 1986, the last in 2022, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How big is the earthquake risk in Frampton?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Frampton’s buildings lose $0.053 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Frampton flood?
Nothing is listed for Frampton on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with 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).