Photo: RM Communications · CC BY-SA 4.0High radon around Edenwold No. 158: 25% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³
Burn scars are few around Edenwold No. 158, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.011 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Edenwold No. 158 grades C+ for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Edenwold No. 158’s hazards
For Edenwold No. 158, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Edenwold No. 158 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Edenwold No. 158: C+
The grade weighs Edenwold No. 158’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
Its place: #72 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,847 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
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.
Wildfire is rare near Edenwold No. 158: 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Edenwold No. 158’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Next to the typical Canadian town (0.000% a year), Edenwold No. 158’s 0.002% is in the low band.
No fire has burned within 5 km of Edenwold No. 158’s homes since 1986; the nearest burn is 5.6 km away.
Little near Edenwold No. 158’s homes can carry a forest fire; only 0% of the land within 5 km is forest fuel, 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 104
Edenwold No. 158 sits mid-table in Saskatchewan: 46th of 104 towns, at 0.002% a year, well behind La Loche (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.
Low, like 92% of the country’s 2,610 towns: the land around Edenwold No. 158 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.
Flooding around Edenwold No. 158 is mapped in 2 studies, the newest by Water Security Agency
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Edenwold No. 158: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
For Edenwold No. 158 the inventory points to 2 studies, most recently Water Security Agency’s in 2025.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regina Flood Mapping Study | Water Security Agency | 2025 | final |
| Regina | Water Security Agency | 2020 | under review · not public |
Towns with a flood study on file
Edenwold No. 158 is one of the 55% of towns in Saskatchewan with a flood study on file, fewer than Canada’s 58%.
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 Edenwold No. 158’s 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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Little shaking expected in Edenwold No. 158: $0.011 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Edenwold No. 158’s $0.011 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.4 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Above the middle in Saskatchewan: Edenwold No. 158’s $0.011 against a median of $0.006, with Weyburn 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.
Earthquakes cost less around Edenwold No. 158 than in 85% of Canada’s 2,611 towns.
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 Edenwold No. 158 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).
Radon runs high around Edenwold No. 158: 25% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · The radon tests numbers here cover the Regina Qu'Appelle RHA
the typical Canadian town has 6.6% over the guideline; Edenwold No. 158’s area has 25%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Radon runs higher around Edenwold No. 158 than in most towns in Saskatchewan: 25% over the guideline (9.1% is typical), 4.3% over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Edenwold No. 158 is in the 20–30% band, which holds only 3.1% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 1.5% 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, Edenwold No. 158’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Edenwold No. 158
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Edenwold No. 158; 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. |
In fire season, check CWFIS for danger and active fires around Edenwold No. 158, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Edenwold No. 158
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenwold No. 158 | Low | $0.011 | 25% | Yes |
| White City 4,379 · 2.1 km | Low | $0.012 | 25% | Yes |
| Pilot Butte 3,255 · 4.2 km | Low | $0.010 | 25% | Yes |
| Balgonie 2,020 · 9.4 km | Low | $0.011 | 25% | None listed |
| Arcola East 33,823 · 10 km | Low | $0.014 | 25% | Yes |
| Dewdney East 18,670 · 11 km | Low | $0.014 | 25% | Yes |
| Boothill 2,613 · 13 km | Low | $0.014 | 25% | Yes |
Fire is no heavier anywhere nearby than around Edenwold No. 158 (low), with White City next at low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Edenwold No. 158 faces
What to do about the hazards Edenwold No. 158 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. The radon share comes from about 14,000 long-term home tests in 2009–2011, pooled for now by the 2007 health region Edenwold No. 158 sits in.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Edenwold No. 158’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Wildfire counts one way. For Edenwold No. 158, 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 Edenwold No. 158 floods.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Edenwold No. 158
How is Edenwold No. 158’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Edenwold No. 158 grades C+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Is Edenwold No. 158 at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0.1% of the land within 25 km of Edenwold No. 158 has burned since 1986, the last in 2024, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How big is the earthquake risk in Edenwold No. 158?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Edenwold No. 158 $0.011 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
Is radon a problem in Edenwold No. 158?
In Health Canada’s survey, 25% of 94 homes tested in Edenwold No. 158’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
Does Edenwold No. 158 flood?
Edenwold No. 158’s area has been studied for flooding, and the owner’s map shows which streets lie in a zone; the grade leaves flood out.
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).