Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 11 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC to 16 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7302 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:	65 in the burned area
Burned area:	7302 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Sep 03:48 17 Sep 03:50

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
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) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1800 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	3420 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	6447 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	31 million people

Affected populated places

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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	5 km
Woodlake		130				0	31 km
Baker & Hall		655				0	39 km
Sequoia Ranch		351				0	41 km
Exeter		104				0	44 km
Eckert Field		130				0	46 km
River Island		235				0	47 km
Alta		111				0	47 km
Sequoia Field		95				0	48 km
Balch Camp		489				0	53 km
Wonder Valley		202				0	56 km
Visalia Municipal	VIS	89	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	58 km
Porterville Municipal	PTV	135	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	59 km
Ketscher Ranch		140				0	59 km
Kings River Community College		107				0	61 km
Reedley Municipal		118				0	62 km
Independence		1189				0	62 km
Mefford Field	TLR	83	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	63 km
Harris River Ranch		137				0	64 km
Lone Pine		1122				0	66 km
Sanger		114				0	73 km
Kindsvater Ranch		161				0	75 km
Swanson Ranch Nr 1		76				0	75 km
Pixley		78				0	77 km
Selma		93				0	78 km
Hanford Municipal		76	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	79 km
Central Valley Aviation Inc		84				0	79 km
Blair Strip		70				0	81 km
Sce Tiffany Pines		1691				0	81 km
Salyer Farms		62				0	83 km
Porter Ranch		2073				0	83 km
Sce Shaver Summit		1754				0	85 km
Turner Field		91				0	85 km
Corcoran	CRO	60	Civ.	Paved	No	3800	86 km
Rogers Helicopters Inc		113				0	86 km
Sacatar Meadows		1959				0	86 km
Big Creek Helistop		1512				0	87 km
Auberry Hydro Service Center		610				0	87 km
Larsen		122				0	87 km
San Joaquin Sprayers Inc		122				0	88 km
Fresno Air Terminal	FAT	101	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9200	88 km
San Joaquin Helicopters		102				0	90 km
Kern Valley		797				0	93 km
Delano Municipal	DLO	95	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5600	94 km
Johnston Field		390				0	95 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Lake Kaweah	Terminus Dam	Kaweah River	1962	22 km
Success Lake	Success Dam	Tule River	1961	52 km
	Wishon Main	North Fork of Kings River	1958	57 km
Pine Flat Lake	Pine Flat Dam	Kings River	1954	60 km
	Courtright	Helms Creek	1958	65 km
South Lake	Hillside	South Fork of Bishop Creek	1910	75 km
	Tinemaha	Owens River	1928	78 km
	Sabrina	Middle Fork of Bishop Creek	1908	79 km
Shaver	Shaver Lake	Stevenson Creek	1927	84 km
Florence	Florence Lake	South Fork of San Joaquin River	1926	86 km
	Haiwee	Rose Valley	1913	86 km
	Big Dry Creek	Big Dry Creek	1948	88 km
Huntington Lake 1	Huntington Lake 1	Big Creek	1917	89 km
Redinger Lake	Big Creek 7	San Joaquin River	1951	92 km
Lake Thomas A. Edison	Vermilion Valley	Mono Creek	1954	97 km
Isabella Lake	Isabella Dam	Kern River	1953	100 km
	Mammoth Pool	San Joaquin River	1960	101 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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