Forest Fire (5270 ha) in United States 10 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 1002452
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 10 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2021
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5270 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 0 5270 19 Sep 2021 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Idaho (population 1,047,727) .

Radius Population
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 144 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Idaho United States 1 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
Thomas Creek 1341 0 6 km
Indian Creek Usfs 1433 0 8 km
Mahoney Creek Usfs 1408 0 12 km
Upper Loon Creek Usfs 1676 0 23 km
Lower Loon Creek 1280 0 24 km
Morgan Ranch 1717 0 25 km
Sulphur Creek Ranch 1779 0 29 km
Stibnite 1993 0 31 km
Bruce Meadows 1942 0 37 km
Landmark Usfs 2031 0 38 km
Bernard Usfs 1105 0 41 km
Johnson Creek 1504 0 41 km
Taylor Ranch Landing Area 1169 0 48 km
Silva Ranch 1951 0 48 km
Soldier Bar Usfs 1277 0 49 km
Cabin Creek Usfs 1307 0 50 km
Big Creek 1753 0 52 km
Reed Ranch 1266 0 56 km
Stanley 1952 0 56 km
Krassel Usfs 1214 0 61 km
Deadwood Dam Airstrip 1673 0 64 km
Warm Springs Creek 1472 0 65 km
Cold Meadows Usfs 2143 0 66 km
Challis CHL 1546 Civ. Paved No 4600 70 km
Chamberlain Usfs 1757 0 76 km
Warren USFS 1797 0 80 km
Wilson Bar Usfs 686 0 84 km
Graham Usfs 1745 0 84 km
Smiley Creek 2182 0 90 km
Dixie Usfs 1569 0 98 km
Atlanta 1676 0 99 km
Weatherby Usfs 1370 0 100 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Deadwood Deadwood Deadwood River 1930 64 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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