Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 13 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC to 20 Jun 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 1000416
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Jun 2021 - 20 Jun 2021
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7452 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5171	16 Jun 2021 05:03	GWIS
2	0.5	5672	17 Jun 2021 05:03	GWIS
3	0.5	6269	18 Jun 2021 05:03	GWIS
4	0.5	6726	19 Jun 2021 05:02	GWIS
5	0.5	6952	20 Jun 2021 05:02	GWIS
6	0.5	7452	21 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 New Mexico (population 1,576,738) . The nearest places are and Silver City.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7452 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Mexico	United States	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Silver City	New Mexico	United States	City	11000 people	59 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
Whitewater Mesa Ranch		1664				0	30 km
Negrito Airstrip		2482				0	31 km
Beaverhead Airstrip		2249				0	45 km
Me-Own		2302				0	51 km
Reserve		1939				0	57 km
Turner Ridgeport		1841				0	61 km
Whiskey Creek		1867				0	63 km
Rael Ranch Horse Pasture		2118				0	66 km
Greenlee County	CFT	1162	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	67 km
Adobe Ranch		2241				0	73 km
Casas Adobes Airpark		1768				0	76 km
Silver City Grant County	SVC	1659	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	78 km
Jewett Mesa		2341				0	85 km
Chloride		1890				0	86 km
Double Circle Ranch		1463				0	86 km
Happy Mountain		2210				0	101 km
Lordsburg Municipal	LSB	1306	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	101 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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