Forest Fire (6674 ha) in United States 06 Jun 2021

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 1000404
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 06 Jun 2021 - 07 Jun 2021
Duration (days): 1
People affected: 25 in the burned area
Burned area: 6674 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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08 Jun 09:28

Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 25 6674 08 Jun 2021 05:02 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Arizona (population 3,814,413) . The nearest places are Globe, Gilbert, Mesa, and Chandler.

Radius Population
10 km 17000 people
5 km 7300 people
2 km 2800 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 13452 m2 GHSL


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Arizona United States 3.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Globe Arizona United States City 7500 people 17 km
Gilbert Arizona United States City 110000 people 80 km
Mesa Arizona United States City 400000 people 83 km
Chandler Arizona United States City 180000 people 84 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
Superior Municipal 807 0 18 km
Globe San Carlos Reg Airfac 985 0 26 km
Kearny 559 0 31 km
Grapevine 720 0 36 km
Tonto Ranger Station 660 0 41 km
Roosevelt Dam 578 0 43 km
San Carlos 883 0 45 km
Horse Mesa Nr 1 576 0 48 km
Mormon Flat Dam 500 0 53 km
Goldfield Ghost Town 610 0 53 km
Rittenhouse Army Heliport 472 0 54 km
Lost Dutchman 536 0 57 km
Womack 475 0 59 km
Valley Farms 450 0 60 km
Ray Schnepf Ranch 444 0 62 km
Stewart Mountain Dam 466 0 62 km
Coolidge Municipal 484 0 63 km
Williams Gateway CHD 422 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 66 km
Sarita 446 0 67 km
Chandler Metropolitan 379 Civ. Paved Yes 4800 68 km
AT&T - Apache Junction 770 0 68 km
Goldfield Ranch 524 0 69 km
Valley Lutheran Hospital 434 0 70 km
Falcon Field MSC 424 Civ. Paved Yes 5100 75 km
Newman Peak Ranch 500 0 81 km
San Manuel 998 0 81 km
Chandler Municipal 377 0 81 km
Mesa Hospital Medical Center 379 0 82 km
Biosphere 2 Landing Field 1184 0 83 km
Eloy Municipal 461 0 83 km
Pixley-Richards Gilbert 375 0 83 km
Bartlett Dam 491 0 84 km
Jsj 381 0 85 km
Jeppesen Ranch 367 0 86 km
Chandler Regional Hospital 364 0 87 km
Casa Grande Municipal CGZ 446 Civ. Paved Yes 5200 87 km
Desert Samaritan Hospital 365 0 87 km
Cibecue 1535 0 88 km
Eds Field 501 0 88 km
Picacho Stagefield PCA 511 0 89 km
China Peak Observatory 1463 0 90 km
Memorial Airfield 359 0 91 km
Stellar Air Park SLJ 358 0 91 km
Twin Hawks Airpark 698 0 92 km
Brave Bull Ranch Resort 927 0 92 km
Pleasant Valley Airstrip 1734 0 92 km
Marana MZJ 576 Civ. Paved No 6800 98 km
La Cholla Airpark 896 0 98 km
Horizon 784 0 102 km
Avra Valley AVW 617 0 105 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
San Carlos Lake Coolidge Gila River 1929 42 km
Roosevelt Lake Theodore Roosevelt Salt River 1911 44 km
Apache Lake Horse Mesa Salt River 1926 48 km
Canyon Lake Mormon Flat Salt River 1924 53 km
Saguaro Lake Stewart Mountain Salt River 1929 61 km
Bartlett Lake Bartlett Verde River 1938 84 km

Nuclear plants

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