Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 13 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC to 17 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 1000420
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Jun 2021 - 22 Jun 2021
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	12692 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Jun 05:47 18 Jun 05:47

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1	12035	17 Jun 2021 05:03	GWIS
2	0.5	1	12692	18 Jun 2021 05:03	GWIS
3	0.5	1	12794	19 Jun 2021 05:02	GWIS
4	0.5	1	12835	20 Jun 2021 05:02	GWIS
5	0.5	1	12875	23 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 Montana (population 831,586) . The nearest places are and Billings.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3200 people
5 km	1300 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	1933 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Montana	United States	830000 people
Wyoming	United States	470000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Billings	Montana	United States	City	90000 people	94 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
Red Lodge		1757	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	13 km
Bridger Municipal		1134				0	32 km
Bangart Field		1317				0	37 km
Mackay Ranch		1646				0	38 km
Powell Municipal	POY	1552	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6200	40 km
Luckinbill Airstrip		2012				0	42 km
Bakers Field		1326				0	49 km
Powell Hospital		1332				0	49 km
Bunch Grass Intergalactic		1344				0	60 km
Columbus		1090				0	61 km
West Park Hospital		1522				0	62 km
North Big Horn County		1246				0	63 km
Yellowstone Regional	COD	1551	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	64 km
Davis		1554				0	66 km
Cottonwood		1021				0	68 km
Laurel Municipal		1071				0	78 km
Airpark Oscars		972				0	83 km
Yu Ranch		1576				0	93 km
Billings Logan International	BIL	1112	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500	96 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Cooney	Red Lodge Creek	1937	41 km
	Mystic Lake	West Rosebud Creek	1927	47 km
Buffalo Bill	Buffalo Bill	Shoshone River	1909	64 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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