Photo: Rickyharder at English Wikipedia · Public domainHazard risk in Dundonald is lower than in 91% of Canadian towns
Burn scars are few around Dundonald, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, 6.6% of homes tested in Dundonald’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Dundonald grades A for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Dundonald’s hazards
For Dundonald, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Dundonald faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Dundonald: A
For Dundonald, Risk will be the average of earthquakes and radon, with wildfire added only if it makes the average worse.
Its place: #9 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #299 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The radon share rests on 76 home tests in the survey area, so a few homes move it. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Wildfire is rare near Dundonald: 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Dundonald’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
The yearly burn rate around Dundonald is 0.002%, low beside 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
The 5 km ring around Dundonald’s homes is clear of burns since 1986, the nearest 24 km out.
Forest makes up 0.1% of the land within 5 km of Dundonald and 0% within 25 km, little for a forest fire to run through.
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
Dundonald 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.
The low band takes in 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, Dundonald among them, though its rate is above zero; 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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Dundonald
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Dundonald: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
No flood study on the national inventory covers Dundonald; ask the municipality, which is the authority for its flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Dundonald; in Saskatchewan, 55% of towns have one, below Canada’s 58%.
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 Dundonald.
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 Dundonald: $0.006 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.006 per $1,000, Dundonald carries 0.2 times the typical Canadian town’s earthquake risk ($0.030): low.
Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Dundonald alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Saskatoon.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk around Dundonald ($0.006) matches the middle in Saskatchewan ($0.006), far from Weyburn’s $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: 88% of its 2,611 towns sit above Dundonald.
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 Dundonald 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).
Some radon around Dundonald: 6.6% of area homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Dundonald’s area, at 6.6%, is close to the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town. Figures for radon tests are published for the Saskatoon RHA as a whole, not for Dundonald alone.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Radon runs lower around Dundonald than in most towns in Saskatchewan: 6.6% against 9.1%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Between 5% and 10% of tests over the guideline: Dundonald, and 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 26% 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.
Radon varies from house to house in Dundonald, so the survey is a reason to test, not a result for yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Dundonald
Alerts for Dundonald 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 Dundonald 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 Dundonald
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundonald | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Confederation Park 5,771 · 0.9 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Massey Place 6,561 · 1.1 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Pacific Heights 3,770 · 1.4 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Westview 2,670 · 1.8 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Hampton Village 9,119 · 1.8 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
| Blairmore Suburban Centre 7,411 · 2.0 km | Low | $0.006 | 6.6% | None listed |
The fire record around Massey Place is a touch heavier than Dundonald’s, but the band is the same: low (here low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Dundonald faces
Practical steps for Dundonald’s hazards, most pressing first.
- 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
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Dundonald’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Wildfire counts one way. For Dundonald, 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. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Dundonald without grading them.
- Radon is a survey. Radon figures pool the survey’s home tests by area: postal areas once their boundaries arrive, the 2007 health region around Dundonald until then.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Dundonald
Is Dundonald at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Dundonald’s band is low, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2023), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
How is Dundonald’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Dundonald’s Hazard risk grade is A, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is radon a problem in Dundonald?
6.6% of the 76 homes Health Canada tested around Dundonald topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Dundonald?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Dundonald’s buildings lose $0.006 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Dundonald flood?
No study on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory covers Dundonald (0), which doesn’t mean it has never been mapped, so ask the municipality.
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).