Forest Fire (25434 ha) in United States 11 Sep 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 1002404
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 11 Sep 2021 - 30 Sep 2021
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 83 in the burned area
Burned area: 25434 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 65 6941 16 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 65 7302 17 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 65 11286 19 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 65 12804 20 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 65 13880 21 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
6 0.5 65 13988 22 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
7 0.5 65 16750 24 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
8 0.5 83 19671 25 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
9 0.5 83 23477 26 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
10 0.5 83 23649 27 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
11 0.5 83 23782 28 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS
12 0.5 83 25434 01 Oct 2021 03:00 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 and Fresno.

Radius Population
10 km 2100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 6688 m2 GHSL
Protected Area 155 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
California United States 31 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Fresno California United States Major city 430000 people 90 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
Ash Mountain 555 0 7 km
Woodlake 130 0 32 km
Baker & Hall 655 0 36 km
Sequoia Ranch 351 0 44 km
Exeter 104 0 46 km
Alta 111 0 46 km
Sequoia Field 95 0 48 km
Eckert Field 130 0 48 km
Balch Camp 489 0 50 km
River Island 235 0 50 km
Wonder Valley 202 0 53 km
Ketscher Ranch 140 0 57 km
Visalia Municipal VIS 89 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 59 km
Reedley Municipal 118 0 60 km
Kings River Community College 107 0 60 km
Independence 1189 0 61 km
Harris River Ranch 137 0 62 km
Porterville Municipal PTV 135 Civ. Paved Yes 5900 62 km
Mefford Field TLR 83 Civ. Paved Yes 3900 64 km
Lone Pine 1122 0 67 km
Sanger 114 0 71 km
Kindsvater Ranch 161 0 72 km
Swanson Ranch Nr 1 76 0 75 km
Selma 93 0 77 km
Sce Tiffany Pines 1691 0 78 km
Central Valley Aviation Inc 84 0 78 km
Hanford Municipal 76 Civ. Paved Yes 3900 79 km
Pixley 78 0 80 km
Sce Shaver Summit 1754 0 81 km
Blair Strip 70 0 81 km
Big Creek Helistop 1512 0 83 km
Rogers Helicopters Inc 113 0 84 km
Turner Field 91 0 84 km
Auberry Hydro Service Center 610 0 84 km
Salyer Farms 62 0 84 km
Larsen 122 0 85 km
Porter Ranch 2073 0 86 km
Fresno Air Terminal FAT 101 Civ. Paved Yes 9200 86 km
Al Divine 77 0 87 km
Corcoran CRO 60 Civ. Paved No 3800 87 km
Valley Medical Center 94 0 88 km
Sacatar Meadows 1959 0 89 km
San Joaquin Sprayers Inc 122 0 91 km
Johnston Field 390 0 91 km
San Joaquin Helicopters 102 0 93 km
Fresno Chandler Downtown FCH 85 Civ. Paved Yes 3200 94 km
El Rico 55 0 94 km
Kern Valley 797 0 97 km
Delano Municipal DLO 95 Civ. Paved Yes 5600 97 km
Bishop BIH 1256 Civ. Paved Yes 7400 99 km
Mark Franz Private Strip 780 0 100 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Lake Kaweah Terminus Dam Kaweah River 1962 23 km
Wishon Main North Fork of Kings River 1958 53 km
Success Lake Success Dam Tule River 1961 55 km
Pine Flat Lake Pine Flat Dam Kings River 1954 57 km
Courtright Helms Creek 1958 61 km
South Lake Hillside South Fork of Bishop Creek 1910 72 km
Sabrina Middle Fork of Bishop Creek 1908 75 km
Tinemaha Owens River 1928 76 km
Shaver Shaver Lake Stevenson Creek 1927 80 km
Florence Florence Lake South Fork of San Joaquin River 1926 82 km
Huntington Lake 1 Huntington Lake 1 Big Creek 1917 85 km
Big Dry Creek Big Dry Creek 1948 86 km
Redinger Lake Big Creek 7 San Joaquin River 1951 88 km
Haiwee Rose Valley 1913 89 km
Lake Thomas A. Edison Vermilion Valley Mono Creek 1954 93 km
Millerton Lake Friant San Joaquin River 1942 95 km
Mammoth Pool San Joaquin River 1960 98 km
Isabella Lake Isabella Dam Kern River 1953 104 km

Nuclear plants

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