Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Flood mapping exists for Moose Jaw No. 161: 2 on record, latest by Water Security Agency
The national fire record shows next to nothing around Moose Jaw No. 161, 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Seismic risk runs low: $0.011 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, 13% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Moose Jaw No. 161 a grade of B, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Moose Jaw No. 161’s hazards
For Moose Jaw No. 161, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Moose Jaw No. 161 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Moose Jaw No. 161: B
Two inputs always count for Moose Jaw No. 161, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
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.
Few fires near Moose Jaw No. 161: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Past fire around Moose Jaw No. 161’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Low by Canadian standards: 0.000% of the land a year around Moose Jaw No. 161, 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Nothing inside 5 km of Moose Jaw No. 161’s homes has burned since 1986, and the nearest scar is 18 km off.
Land that isn’t forest covers nearly all the ground around Moose Jaw No. 161: 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
Of the 105 towns in Saskatchewan, 55 have a burn rate that rounds to zero, Moose Jaw No. 161 among them; La Loche leads at 1.94% 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.
Measured against 2,610 towns, Moose Jaw No. 161 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.
2 flood studies cover Moose Jaw No. 161, the newest from Water Security Agency
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Moose Jaw No. 161: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
For Moose Jaw No. 161 the inventory points to 2 studies, most recently Water Security Agency’s in 2020.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw | Water Security Agency | 2020 | under review · not public |
| Moose Jaw | Water Security Agency | 1979 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Only 55% of towns in Saskatchewan have a flood study, short of Canada’s 58%; Moose Jaw No. 161 is one of them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
The 2 studies touching Moose Jaw No. 161 are spread over time, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Study dates as the NRCan inventory lists them, one count per study touching Moose Jaw No. 161.
Nothing here counts toward Risk; the studies are pointers to the maps their owners keep for Moose Jaw No. 161.
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.
Earthquakes cost buildings in Moose Jaw No. 161 just $0.011 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
0.4 times the typical $0.030: Moose Jaw No. 161’s $0.011 is low for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.011, Moose Jaw No. 161 is above the typical town in Saskatchewan ($0.006); Weyburn has the most 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.
Toward the quiet end of Canada’s range: 85% of its 2,611 towns sit above Moose Jaw No. 161.
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).
What a quake does after the shaking, fire, landslides, tsunami, falls outside NRCan’s figure for Moose Jaw No. 161.
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 Moose Jaw No. 161: 13% of area homes were over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
At 13% over the guideline, the area around Moose Jaw No. 161 beats the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%. Moose Jaw No. 161 shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Five Hills RHA.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Moose Jaw No. 161 (13%) than in the typical town in Saskatchewan (9.1%); 0.8% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
The 10–20% band holds 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, Moose Jaw No. 161 among them; 4.6% rank above.
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.
Whatever Moose Jaw No. 161’s area share, the reading that matters is your own home’s, over a winter.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Moose Jaw No. 161
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Moose Jaw No. 161; 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 Moose Jaw No. 161, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Moose Jaw No. 161
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw No. 161 | Low | $0.011 | 13% | Yes |
| Moose Jaw 36,337 · 5.9 km | Low | $0.010 | 13% | Yes |
None of the places around has more fire nearby than Moose Jaw No. 161 (low); Moose Jaw comes closest (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Moose Jaw No. 161 faces
What to do about the hazards Moose Jaw No. 161 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 Moose Jaw No. 161 sits in.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Moose Jaw No. 161’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’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 Moose Jaw No. 161 floods.
- Wildfire counts one way. For Moose Jaw No. 161, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Moose Jaw No. 161
Is radon a problem in Moose Jaw No. 161?
Around Moose Jaw No. 161, 118 survey homes were tested and 13% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How big is the earthquake risk in Moose Jaw No. 161?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Moose Jaw No. 161 $0.011 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
How is Moose Jaw No. 161’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Moose Jaw No. 161’s Hazard risk grade is B, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is Moose Jaw No. 161 at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0% of the land around Moose Jaw No. 161 since 1986 (last in 2023); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
Does Moose Jaw No. 161 flood?
Moose Jaw No. 161’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).