Wildfire moderate, radon 11%: how Beaver River No. 622 stands on hazards
Fire reaches the land around Beaver River No. 622 now and then: 8.2% within 25 km since 1986 (0.25% a year), below the high band. Seismic risk runs low: $0.004 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Beaver River No. 622 grades A− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Beaver River No. 622’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Beaver River No. 622: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Beaver River No. 622 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Beaver River No. 622: A−
Seismic risk and radon set Beaver River No. 622’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
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.
Fire reaches the land around Beaver River No. 622: 0% within 5 km, 8.2% within 25 km
Past fire around Beaver River No. 622’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The yearly burn rate around Beaver River No. 622 is 0.25%, above 0.000% for the typical Canadian town but under the high band.
Beaver River No. 622’s homes have had no fire within 5 km since 1986; the closest was 9.0 km away.
Close to Beaver River No. 622 there is little to burn (3.7% forest fuel within 5 km), but 16% of the land within 25 km is forest.
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 top quarter in Saskatchewan: Beaver River No. 622 ranks 4th of 105 at 0.25% a year, with La Loche first at 1.94%.
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.
Beaver River No. 622 is in the moderate band, which holds 5.4% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 2.1% 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 Beaver River No. 622
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Beaver River No. 622: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
An empty entry for Beaver River No. 622 on the inventory isn’t proof of safety; ask locally for flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Beaver River No. 622 has no flood study on file; only 55% of towns in Saskatchewan do, against 58% across Canada.
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 Beaver River No. 622 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.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Beaver River No. 622 just $0.004 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.004 per $1,000, Beaver River No. 622 carries 0.1 times the typical Canadian town’s earthquake risk ($0.030): low.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.004, Beaver River No. 622 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.
Nearly every one of Canada’s 2,611 towns (98%) expects more shaking damage than Beaver River No. 622.
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).
The model counts damage to Beaver River No. 622’s buildings and their occupants from shaking only: not liquefaction, landslides, tsunami or fires after a quake.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Radon runs high around Beaver River No. 622: 11% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Beaver River No. 622’s area, at 11%. Nobody publishes radon tests for Beaver River No. 622 alone, so this card uses the figure for the Prairie North RHA.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Beaver River No. 622’s area, at 11%, is close to the median in Saskatchewan (9.1%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Beaver River No. 622 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.
One home in Beaver River No. 622 can be high while next door is low; a three-month test settles it.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Beaver River No. 622
Alerts for Beaver River No. 622 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. |
Alert Ready carries evacuation orders for Beaver River No. 622 to phones; CWFIS shows the day’s fire danger.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Get ready for what Beaver River No. 622 faces
Practical steps for Beaver River No. 622’s hazards, most pressing first.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- 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.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Beaver River No. 622’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 Beaver River No. 622 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 Beaver River No. 622 sits in.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Beaver River No. 622’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Beaver River No. 622
How is Beaver River No. 622’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Beaver River No. 622 grades A− for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Is radon a problem in Beaver River No. 622?
11% of the 103 homes Health Canada tested around Beaver River No. 622 topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Beaver River No. 622?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Beaver River No. 622’s buildings lose $0.004 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Beaver River No. 622 flood?
No study on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory covers Beaver River No. 622 (0), which doesn’t mean it has never been mapped, so ask the municipality.
Is Beaver River No. 622 at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Beaver River No. 622’s band is moderate, with 8.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
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).