Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 05 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 12 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

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 1002668
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Oct 2021 - 13 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	14160 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7722	09 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11301	10 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	13231	11 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	13748	12 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	14160	13 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	18239	14 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) . The nearest places are Rockhampton, and Yeppoon.

CCI Land Cover

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	3 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Yeppoon	Queensland	Australia	City	11000 people	75 km
Rockhampton	Queensland	Australia	Major city	65000 people	91 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
Williamson		35	Mil.	Unpaved	No	5900	19 km
Rockhampton	ROK	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6400	91 km
Great Keppel Island	GKL	unknown				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Port Clinton		Coral Sea Islands	45 km
Rockhampton	AUROK	Coral Sea Islands	92 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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