Photo: Diamondghr · CC BY-SA 3.0Hazard risk in Aberdeen No. 373 is lower than in 96% of Canadian towns
The national fire record shows next to nothing around Aberdeen No. 373, 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). About as many homes carry radon around Aberdeen No. 373 as elsewhere, 6.6% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Hazard risk gives Aberdeen No. 373 a grade of A+, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Aberdeen No. 373’s hazards
For Aberdeen No. 373, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Aberdeen No. 373 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Aberdeen No. 373 grades A+ for hazard risk
Two inputs always count for Aberdeen No. 373, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. Only 76 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.
Few fires near Aberdeen No. 373: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Aberdeen No. 373’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
A burn rate of 0.000% a year keeps Aberdeen No. 373 in the low band (the typical Canadian town: 0.000%).
The closest burn since 1986 lies 20 km from Aberdeen No. 373’s homes, none within 5 km.
Land that isn’t forest covers nearly all the ground around Aberdeen No. 373: forest fuel is 0% within 5 km and 0% 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 Saskatchewan · highest of 105
La Loche has the highest burn rate in Saskatchewan, 1.94% a year; around Aberdeen No. 373, as around 55 of the 105 towns, it rounds to zero.
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.
Measured against 2,610 towns, Aberdeen No. 373 is in the largest group, low (92%), and at its floor, while 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 Aberdeen No. 373
Flood studies whose area touches Aberdeen No. 373, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
NRCan’s inventory is silent on Aberdeen No. 373, so any flood map would be the municipality’s own.
Towns with a flood study on file
Mapping in Saskatchewan reaches 55% of towns, below the 58% across Canada, and not Aberdeen No. 373.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood mapping is shown for Aberdeen No. 373 to be opened and checked, never turned into a grade.
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.”
Little shaking expected in Aberdeen No. 373: $0.005 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.
Aberdeen No. 373’s $0.005 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.2 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Aberdeen No. 373’s $0.005 is close to the median in Saskatchewan, $0.006; Weyburn is highest at $0.033.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Aberdeen No. 373 is among Canada’s quietest towns for earthquakes: 96% of the 2,611 expect more damage.
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 Aberdeen No. 373 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).
Radon about average around Aberdeen No. 373: 6.6% over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
The survey area of Aberdeen No. 373 reads 6.6%, a shade from the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%. Nobody publishes radon tests for Aberdeen No. 373 alone, so this card uses the figure for the Saskatoon RHA.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The median in Saskatchewan is 9.1% over 200 Bq/m³; around Aberdeen No. 373 it is 6.6%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
A middling share of high tests puts Aberdeen No. 373 with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, below 26% of them.
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 Aberdeen No. 373 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 Aberdeen No. 373
Alerts for Aberdeen No. 373 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 Aberdeen No. 373 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 Aberdeen No. 373’s neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen No. 373 | Low | $0.005 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Blucher No. 343 2,239 · 13 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Willowgrove 9,787 · 15 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Evergreen 16,088 · 15 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | Yes |
| Brighton 7,238 · 16 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | Yes |
| University Heights Urban Centre 9,247 · 17 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Hillcrest Management Area 3,004 · 17 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
The fire record around Hillcrest Management Area is a touch heavier than Aberdeen No. 373’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 Aberdeen No. 373 faces
What to do about the hazards Aberdeen No. 373 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, Aberdeen No. 373’s included.
- 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 Aberdeen No. 373.
- Radon is a survey. About 14,000 homes were tested across Canada in 2009–2011, and the share over the guideline for Aberdeen No. 373 is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. NRCan’s inventory says where flood mapping exists, not where water goes; the map’s owner is the authority for Aberdeen No. 373.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Aberdeen No. 373
Is radon a problem in Aberdeen No. 373?
In Health Canada’s survey, 6.6% of 76 homes tested in Aberdeen No. 373’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How big is the earthquake risk in Aberdeen No. 373?
About $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Aberdeen No. 373.
Is Aberdeen No. 373 at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Aberdeen No. 373 has burned since 1986, the last in 2019, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How is Aberdeen No. 373’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Aberdeen No. 373 grades A+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Aberdeen No. 373 flood?
Nothing is listed for Aberdeen No. 373 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).