Battle River No. 438 is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Water Security Agency
Around Battle River No. 438, wildfire is practically absent from the record: 0% within 25 km since 1986, 0.001% a year. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.003 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. More homes than usual carry radon here, 11% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Battle River No. 438 grades A− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Battle River No. 438’s hazards
For Battle River No. 438, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Battle River No. 438 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Battle River No. 438 grades A− for hazard risk
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Battle River No. 438 with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
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 Battle River No. 438 has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km since 1986
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Battle River No. 438’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
Low: the land around Battle River No. 438 burns at 0.001% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Battle River No. 438’s homes have had no fire within 5 km since 1986; the closest was 22 km away.
Forest fuel is scarce around Battle River No. 438: 0% of the land within 5 km, 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
In the upper half in Saskatchewan but far from La Loche (1.94%): Battle River No. 438 ranks 50th of 105, at 0.001% a year.
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.
7.5% of Canada’s 2,610 towns burn fast enough to rank moderate or above; Battle River No. 438 stays low, with 92%.
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.
A flood study covers Battle River No. 438, from Water Security Agency: 1 on the inventory
Flood studies whose area touches Battle River No. 438, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
For Battle River No. 438 the inventory points to Water Security Agency’s 1990 study, whose map is the one to check.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battleford | Water Security Agency | 1990 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Only 55% of towns in Saskatchewan have a flood study, short of Canada’s 58%; Battle River No. 438 is one of them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Listed, not scored: a flood study proves a map exists, not that Battle River No. 438 floods.
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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Little shaking expected in Battle River No. 438: $0.003 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.
0.1 times the typical $0.030: Battle River No. 438’s $0.003 is low for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.003, Battle River No. 438 is below the typical town 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.
At the bottom of Canada’s range, Battle River No. 438 has 99% of the 2,611 towns above it.
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 Battle River No. 438 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).
Test for radon in Battle River No. 438: 11% of area homes were over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
A higher share than most: 11% of tested homes around Battle River No. 438, the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The typical town in Saskatchewan has 9.1% over 200 Bq/m³; Battle River No. 438’s area has 11%, much the same.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
4.6% of Canada’s 2,611 towns have a higher share of homes over 200 Bq/m³ than Battle River No. 438, in the 10–20% band with 22%.
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, Battle River No. 438’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Prairie North RHA
Where to get warnings in Battle River No. 438
Alerts for Battle River No. 438 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 Battle River No. 438 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 Battle River No. 438’s neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle River No. 438 | Low | $0.003 | 11% | Yes |
| Battleford 4,657 · 8.6 km | Low | $0.003 | 11% | Yes |
| North Battleford 14,882 · 14 km | Low | $0.003 | 11% | Yes |
Fire is no heavier anywhere nearby than around Battle River No. 438 (low), with Battleford next at low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Battle River No. 438 faces
What to do about the hazards Battle River No. 438 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- 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, Battle River No. 438 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 Battle River No. 438.
- 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 Battle River No. 438.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Battle River No. 438’s included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Battle River No. 438
Is radon a problem in Battle River No. 438?
Around Battle River No. 438, 103 survey homes were tested and 11% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
Is Battle River No. 438 at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0% of the land around Battle River No. 438 since 1986 (last in 2024); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is Battle River No. 438’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Battle River No. 438 A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Does Battle River No. 438 flood?
The inventory lists a study touching Battle River No. 438; whether a given street floods is on that map, not in the grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Battle River No. 438?
Expected earthquake damage in Battle River No. 438 comes to $0.003 a year for each $1,000 that buildings are worth.
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).