Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 16 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC to 17 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7256 ha) in United States 16 Jul 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 1001107
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Jul 2021 - 29 Jul 2021
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	119 in the burned area
Burned area:	7256 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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18 Jul 12:45

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	119	7256	18 Jul 2021 03:09	GWIS
2	0.5	152	17231	19 Jul 2021 03:15	GWIS
3	0.5	568	38649	05 Aug 2021 03:06	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of California (population 30,971,320) . The nearest places are Carson City, Reno, and Sparks.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	2052 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1953 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	31 million people
Nevada	United States	1.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Carson City	Nevada	United States	Major city	57000 people	55 km
Reno	Nevada	United States	City	180000 people	94 km
Sparks	Nevada	United States	City	66000 people	97 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
Alpine County		1788				0	8 km
Barton Memorial Hospital		1905				0	24 km
Topaz Ranch		177				0	27 km
Lake Tahoe	TVL	1909	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	29 km
Pinenut		1603				0	34 km
Douglas County	MEV	1438	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7300	37 km
Farias Wheel		1478				0	41 km
Mcmwtc		2061				0	43 km
Rosaschi Air Park		1466				0	46 km
Van Vleck Tells Peak		2113				0	52 km
Homewood		1899				0	54 km
Carson-Tahoe Hospital		1436				0	55 km
Sweetwater (USMC)		2084				0	56 km
Carson	CSN	1432	Civ.	Paved	No	5900	58 km
Bald Mountain		1756				0	63 km
Pacific Gas & Electric Co Camp 5		1158				0	64 km
U S Forest Service		2027				0	64 km
Remlinger Ranch		1551				0	65 km
Dayton Valley Airpark		1345				0	66 km
Bailey Ranch		1542				0	67 km
Yerington Municipal	EYR	1334				0	68 km
Fort Mountain Ranch Nr. 2		875				0	69 km
Bryant Field		1971				0	69 km
Hunter Reservoir		975				0	71 km
Truckee Tahoe	TKF	1798	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7000	77 km
High Hill Ranch		879				0	78 km
Tahoe Forest Hospital		1585				0	79 km
Perryman		792				0	79 km
Rlb		1739				0	80 km
Swansboro Country		791				0	81 km
Placerville	PVF	787	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4200	81 km
Columbia	COA	646				0	88 km
Mother Lode Service Center		475				0	91 km
Reno / Tahoe International	RNO	1345	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000	92 km
Northern Nevada Medical Center		1359				0	93 km
Yosemite National Park	OYS	unknown				0	95 km
Silver Springs		1301				0	95 km
Pine Mountain Lake		884				0	96 km
Nevada Dept of Wildlife State Headquarters		1372				0	96 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Bodie Creek Reservoir	Bodie Dam	East Fork of Carson River	n/a	20 km
Twin Lake	Caples Lake	Trib. Silver Fork	1922	20 km
	New Spicer Meadow	Highland Creek	1989	35 km
	Salt Springs	North Fork of Mokelumne River	1931	39 km
	Donnells	Middle Fork of Stanislaus River	1958	40 km
	Lower Bear	Bear River	1952	41 km
	Relief	Summit Creek	1910	44 km
	Ice House	South Fork of Silver Creek	1959	50 km
Pinecrest Lake	Main Strawberry	Stanislaus River	1916	55 km
	Loon Lake	Gerle Creek	1963	56 km
	Marlette Lake Dam	Marlette Creek	1950	56 km
	Beardsley	Middle Fork of Stanislaus River	1957	56 km
	Union Valley	Silver Creek	1963	58 km
Lake Tahoe	Lake Tahoe	Truckee River	1913	60 km
Jekinson Lake	Sly Park	Sly Park Creek	1955	66 km
Bridgeport Reservoir	Bridgeport	East Walker River	1924	66 km
Hell Hole Reservoir	Lower Hell Hole	Rubicon River	1966	67 km
Stumpy Meadows Reservoir	Mark Edson	Pilot Creek	1962	73 km
French Meadows Reservoir	L.L. Anderson	Middle Fork of American River	1965	74 km
Martis Creek Lake	Martis Creek Dam	Martis Creek	1972	77 km
Lloyd Lake	Cherry Valley	Cherry Creek	1956	78 km
	Lake Eleanor	Eleanor Creek	1918	78 km
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir	O'Shaughnessy	Tuolumne River	1923	81 km
	Donner Lake	Donner Creek	1927	81 km
Prosser Creek	Prosser Creek	Prosser Creek	1962	83 km
Boca	Boca	Little Truckee River	1939	83 km
	Saddlebag Lake	Lee Vining Creek	1921	92 km
Stampede	Stampede	Little Truckee River	1970	92 km
	Independence	Independence Creek	1939	95 km
	Jamestown Mines	Trib. Woods Creek	1994	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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