Around Moose Range No. 486, 16% of tested homes have radon above the guideline
Fire seldom reaches Moose Range No. 486: since 1986, 1.5% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.04% a year). Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Hazard risk gives Moose Range No. 486 a grade of B+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Moose Range No. 486’s hazards
For Moose Range No. 486, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Moose Range No. 486 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 Range No. 486: B+
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Moose Range No. 486 with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
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 Moose Range No. 486: 1.5% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Moose Range No. 486’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
The land within 25 km of Moose Range No. 486 burns at 0.04% a year on average, the low band; the typical Canadian town: 0.000%.
The 5 km ring around Moose Range No. 486’s homes is clear of burns since 1986, the nearest 8.3 km out.
Forest fuel is denser close to Moose Range No. 486 (35% within 5 km) than further out (12% 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 top quarter in Saskatchewan: Moose Range No. 486 ranks 9th of 105 at 0.04% 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.
7.5% of Canada’s 2,610 towns burn fast enough to rank moderate or above; Moose Range No. 486 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 Moose Range No. 486, from Water Security Agency: 1 on the inventory
Flood studies whose area touches Moose Range No. 486, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
Water Security Agency holds the flood mapping that covers Moose Range No. 486 (1985), linked below.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot River | Water Security Agency | 1985 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Moose Range No. 486 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 mapping is shown for Moose Range No. 486 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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Earthquakes cost buildings in Moose Range No. 486 just $0.005 per $1,000 a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Moose Range No. 486’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
The median in Saskatchewan is $0.006; Moose Range No. 486, at $0.005, is right beside it, and Weyburn tops the list 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, Moose Range No. 486 has 96% 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 Moose Range No. 486 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 Moose Range No. 486: 16% of area homes were over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Shared with the rest of the Kelsey Trail RHA: radon tests
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Moose Range No. 486’s area, at 16%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Moose Range No. 486’s area, at 16%, is above 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.
More high tests than most: Moose Range No. 486 sits in a band that only 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns share, with 4.6% 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 Range No. 486’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 Range No. 486
Alerts for Moose Range No. 486 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 Moose Range No. 486 to phones; CWFIS shows the day’s fire danger.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Get ready for what Moose Range No. 486 faces
What to do about the hazards Moose Range No. 486 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 Range No. 486 sits in.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Moose Range No. 486’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 Moose Range No. 486.
- 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 Range No. 486 floods.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Moose Range No. 486
Is Moose Range No. 486 at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 1.5% of the land within 25 km of Moose Range No. 486 has burned since 1986, the last in 2025, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
How big is the earthquake risk in Moose Range No. 486?
About $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Moose Range No. 486.
Is radon a problem in Moose Range No. 486?
In Health Canada’s survey, 16% of 100 homes tested in Moose Range No. 486’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How is Moose Range No. 486’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Moose Range No. 486 grades B+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Moose Range No. 486 flood?
Moose Range No. 486’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).