Around Preeceville No. 334, 25% of tested homes have radon above the guideline
No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Preeceville No. 334’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.000% a year). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Preeceville No. 334 grades B for hazard risk; wildfire is low here, so it earns no credit.
What stands out about Preeceville No. 334’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Preeceville No. 334: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Preeceville No. 334 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Preeceville No. 334 grades B for hazard risk
Two inputs always count for Preeceville No. 334, 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. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Wildfire is rare near Preeceville No. 334: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Preeceville No. 334’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
With 0.000% burned a year, Preeceville No. 334 is among the many low-band places (the typical Canadian town 0.000%).
Close to Preeceville No. 334 there is little to burn (1.7% forest fuel within 5 km), but 5.1% 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
La Loche has the highest burn rate in Saskatchewan, 1.94% a year; around Preeceville No. 334, as around 55 of the 105 towns, it rounds to zero.
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.
Most of the country’s 2,610 towns are low-band (92%, against 7.5% above); around Preeceville No. 334, burning rounds to zero.
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 Preeceville No. 334
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Preeceville No. 334: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
There is no study for Preeceville No. 334 on the national flood inventory, which is far from complete.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are thinner in Saskatchewan, 55% of towns against 58% nationally, and Preeceville No. 334 has none.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood studies don’t enter the grade; they are listed so you can open the official map for Preeceville No. 334.
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.”
Low seismic risk in Preeceville No. 334: $0.005 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
0.2 times the typical $0.030: Preeceville No. 334’s $0.005 is low for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
About level with the typical town in Saskatchewan: Preeceville No. 334’s $0.005 against $0.006; Weyburn reaches $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 (96%) expects more shaking damage than Preeceville No. 334.
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).
Roads, pipes and bridges aren’t in Preeceville No. 334’s figure, nor landslides or tsunami: it is buildings and shaking.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
25% of homes tested around Preeceville No. 334 are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Radon tests for the Sunrise RHA
A higher share than most: 25% of tested homes around Preeceville No. 334, the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The median in Saskatchewan is 9.1% over 200 Bq/m³; the survey area around Preeceville No. 334 has 25%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Few of Canada’s 2,611 towns (3.1%) share the 20–30% band with Preeceville No. 334, and 1.5% sit above it.
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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Preeceville No. 334 as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Preeceville No. 334
Alerts for Preeceville No. 334 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 Preeceville No. 334 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)
Hazards in the places around Preeceville No. 334
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preeceville No. 334 | Low | $0.005 | 25% | None listed |
| Preeceville 1,046 · 2.6 km | Low | $0.006 | 25% | None listed |
Preeceville (low) has the heaviest fire record of Preeceville No. 334’s neighbours, and Preeceville No. 334 (low) matches or beats it.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Preeceville No. 334 faces
What to do about the hazards Preeceville No. 334 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?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- 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 Preeceville No. 334 sits in.
- 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 Preeceville No. 334 floods.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Preeceville No. 334’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Preeceville No. 334’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Preeceville No. 334
Is Preeceville No. 334 at risk of wildfire?
Hardly at all on record: 0% of the land within 25 km of Preeceville No. 334 since 1986, a low band, though small grass fires aren’t mapped.
Does Preeceville No. 334 flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, Preeceville No. 334’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
How big is the earthquake risk in Preeceville No. 334?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Preeceville No. 334’s buildings lose $0.005 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is radon a problem in Preeceville No. 334?
Around Preeceville No. 334, 108 survey homes were tested and 25% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How is Preeceville No. 334’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Preeceville No. 334 grades B for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the 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).