Photo: Dana2255 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wildfire low, radon 0%: how Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets stands on hazards
No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year). Seismic risk runs high: $0.13 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets grades B+ for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’s hazards
For Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets: B+
The grade weighs Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ 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. Only 58 homes were tested in the survey area, so the radon share is rough. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Little of the land around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km since 1986
Past fire around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
A burn rate of 0.001% a year keeps Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets in the low band (the typical Canadian town: 0.000%).
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ homes have had no fire within 5 km since 1986; the closest was 6.7 km away.
The nearer ring around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets is less wooded (15% forest fuel) than the land out to 25 km (32%).
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
At 0.001% a year, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets ranks 136th of the 514 towns in Quebec; Mistissini leads 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.
Low, like 92% of the country’s 2,610 towns: the land around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets 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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Nationally, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets has no listed flood study; the municipality is the place to ask.
Towns with a flood study on file
Only 45% of towns in Quebec have a flood study, short of Canada’s 58%, and Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets is not among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood is shown here, never graded: a study says where a map exists, not how many of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ homes stand in a flood zone.
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.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets $0.13 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.13 per $1,000, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets carries roughly 4.4 times the typical Canadian town’s earthquake risk ($0.030).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Typical for its province: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets at $0.13 beside a median in Quebec of $0.14, with La Pocatière on top 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.
More earthquake risk than most: only 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns are above Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets.
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 Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets 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).
Little radon around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets: 0% of area homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Fewer homes than usual test high around Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets: 0% against 6.6% for the typical Canadian town. Figures for radon tests are published for the Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region as a whole, not for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets alone.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ area, at 0%, is below the median in Quebec (8.2%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
The quietest radon band, under 5%, holds 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns and Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets; 63% 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.
A low area share in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets doesn’t clear a house, nor does a high one condemn it: test.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets; 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 Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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 Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ neighbours compare on hazards
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | Low | $0.13 | 0% | None listed |
| Batiscan 1,006 · 3.3 km | Low | $0.12 | 0% | Yes |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 2,036 · 9.9 km | Low | $0.13 | 0% | None listed |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 1,137 · 14 km | Low | $0.13 | 0% | Yes |
| Champlain 1,957 · 15 km | Low | $0.12 | 0% | Yes |
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan burns a little more than Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, in the same low band (low here).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets faces
What to do about the hazards Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap the water heater down.
- Keep 72 hours of supplies.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
- Is earthquake cover included?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- 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 Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets sits in.
- Wildfire counts one way. For Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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. 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 Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets floods.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Does Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets flood?
Nothing is listed for Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How is Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets grades B+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ buildings lose $0.13 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is radon a problem in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets?
In Health Canada’s survey, 0% of 58 homes tested in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets’ area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
Is Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets has burned since 1986, the last in 2022, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
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).