Forest Fire (17231 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: 152 in the burned area
Burned area: 17231 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
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.

Radius Population
10 km 1100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 3534 m2 GHSL
Protected Area 211 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 51 km
Reno Nevada United States City 180000 people 91 km
Sparks Nevada United States City 66000 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
Alpine County 1788 0 5 km
Barton Memorial Hospital 1905 0 23 km
Topaz Ranch 177 0 24 km
Lake Tahoe TVL 1909 Civ. Paved Yes 8500 27 km
Pinenut 1603 0 30 km
Douglas County MEV 1438 Civ. Paved Yes 7300 33 km
Farias Wheel 1478 0 38 km
Rosaschi Air Park 1466 0 43 km
Mcmwtc 2061 0 45 km
Van Vleck Tells Peak 2113 0 51 km
Carson-Tahoe Hospital 1436 0 52 km
Homewood 1899 0 52 km
Carson CSN 1432 Civ. Paved No 5900 55 km
Sweetwater (USMC) 2084 0 55 km
Remlinger Ranch 1551 0 62 km
Dayton Valley Airpark 1345 0 63 km
Bailey Ranch 1542 0 64 km
Yerington Municipal EYR 1334 0 65 km
Pacific Gas & Electric Co Camp 5 1158 0 65 km
U S Forest Service 2027 0 66 km
Bald Mountain 1756 0 67 km
Bryant Field 1971 0 70 km
Fort Mountain Ranch Nr. 2 875 0 72 km
Hunter Reservoir 975 0 74 km
Truckee Tahoe TKF 1798 Civ. Paved Yes 7000 74 km
Rlb 1739 0 77 km
Tahoe Forest Hospital 1585 0 77 km
High Hill Ranch 879 0 80 km
Perryman 792 0 81 km
Swansboro Country 791 0 82 km
Placerville PVF 787 Civ. Paved Yes 4200 83 km
Reno / Tahoe International RNO 1345 Civ. Paved Yes 11000 88 km
Northern Nevada Medical Center 1359 0 90 km
Silver Springs 1301 0 91 km
Columbia COA 646 0 92 km
Nevada Dept of Wildlife State Headquarters 1372 0 93 km
Mother Lode Service Center 475 0 94 km
Yosemite National Park OYS unknown 0 97 km
Pine Mountain Lake 884 0 99 km
Spanish Springs 1402 0 107 km
Reno Stead 1538 0 108 km
Youngberg Ranch 1512 0 108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Bodie Creek Reservoir Bodie Dam East Fork of Carson River n/a 17 km
Twin Lake Caples Lake Trib. Silver Fork 1922 21 km
New Spicer Meadow Highland Creek 1989 38 km
Salt Springs North Fork of Mokelumne River 1931 42 km
Donnells Middle Fork of Stanislaus River 1958 43 km
Lower Bear Bear River 1952 43 km
Relief Summit Creek 1910 47 km
Ice House South Fork of Silver Creek 1959 50 km
Marlette Lake Dam Marlette Creek 1950 53 km
Loon Lake Gerle Creek 1963 55 km
Pinecrest Lake Main Strawberry Stanislaus River 1916 58 km
Union Valley Silver Creek 1963 58 km
Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe Truckee River 1913 58 km
Beardsley Middle Fork of Stanislaus River 1957 60 km
Hell Hole Reservoir Lower Hell Hole Rubicon River 1966 66 km
Bridgeport Reservoir Bridgeport East Walker River 1924 66 km
Jekinson Lake Sly Park Sly Park Creek 1955 67 km
Stumpy Meadows Reservoir Mark Edson Pilot Creek 1962 73 km
French Meadows Reservoir L.L. Anderson Middle Fork of American River 1965 73 km
Martis Creek Lake Martis Creek Dam Martis Creek 1972 74 km
Donner Lake Donner Creek 1927 79 km
Prosser Creek Prosser Creek Prosser Creek 1962 81 km
Boca Boca Little Truckee River 1939 81 km
Lloyd Lake Cherry Valley Cherry Creek 1956 81 km
Lake Eleanor Eleanor Creek 1918 81 km
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir O'Shaughnessy Tuolumne River 1923 84 km
Stampede Stampede Little Truckee River 1970 90 km
Independence Independence Creek 1939 93 km
Saddlebag Lake Lee Vining Creek 1921 94 km
Lake Fordyce Fordyce Creek 1873 96 km
Jamestown Mines Trib. Woods Creek 1994 101 km

Nuclear plants

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