Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 07 May 2021 00:00 UTC to 13 May 2021 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1000304
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	07 May 2021 - 17 May 2021
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5259 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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14 May 05:46

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5259	14 May 2021 05:03	GWIS
2	0.5	6734	15 May 2021 05:03	GWIS
3	0.5	7645	16 May 2021 05:03	GWIS
4	0.5	8547	17 May 2021 05:03	GWIS
5	0.5	10053	18 May 2021 05:03	GWIS
6	0.5	10442	19 May 2021 05:03	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Sverdlovskaya oblast' (population 4,849,956) . The nearest places are Asbest, Rezh, Artëmovskiy, Bulanash, Krasnogvardeyskiy, Berëzovskiy, Neyvo-Shaytanskiy, Alapayevsk, Kamensk-uralskiy, and Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	30000 people
5 km	5000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sverdlovskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	4.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Asbest	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	74000 people	19 km
Rezh	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	39000 people	25 km
Artëmovskiy	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	-	26 km
Bulanash	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	13000 people	27 km
Krasnogvardeyskiy	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	4700 people	49 km
Berëzovskiy	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	-	57 km
Neyvo-Shaytanskiy	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	2600 people	66 km
Alapayevsk	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	-	75 km
Kamensk-uralskiy	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	180000 people	89 km
Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha	Sverdlovskaya	Russia	City	11000 people	90 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Artemovskiy		122				0	28 km
Loginovo		245				0	60 km
Neyvo Shaytanskiy		183				0	66 km
		30480				0	68 km
Koltsovo	SVX	203	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	68 km
Sverdlovsk / Aramil		218				0	72 km
		122				0	77 km
Kamensk Uralskiy		153				0	85 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
BELOYARSKY	RUSSIA	3	40 km

More information

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