Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 23 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 May 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (24220 ha) in United States 23 Apr 2022

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 1005916
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Apr 2022 - 11 May 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	38 in the burned area
Burned area:	24220 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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30 Apr 04:52 01 May 04:52 03 May 04:48 06 May 18:49 07 May 04:50 08 May 04:54 09 May 04:57 10 May 05:00 11 May 05:03 12 May 04:59

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	17	7820	30 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	17	10440	01 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	19	14650	03 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	38	17947	06 May 2022 16:51	GWIS
5	0.5	38	19198	07 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	38	20934	08 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	38	22720	09 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	38	23833	10 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	38	24126	11 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	38	24220	12 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of New Mexico (population 1,576,738) . The nearest places are Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Los Alamos.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	64 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Mexico	United States	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Los Alamos	New Mexico	United States	City	12000 people	22 km
Santa Fe	New Mexico	United States	Major city	62000 people	50 km
Albuquerque	New Mexico	United States	Major city	450000 people	74 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
Sheraton Inn		1579				0	19 km
Los Alamos	LAM	2186	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	24 km
Santa Fe County Municipal	SAF	1934	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	40 km
Espanola Municipal	ESO	1765				0	50 km
Price's Dairy		1554				0	50 km
Governor's Residence		2195				0	51 km
St Johns College Helispot		2201				0	53 km
Ghost Ranch		1963				0	61 km
Coronado		1609				0	63 km
Chowning		1753				0	63 km
St Joseph West Mesa Hospital		1590				0	66 km
Horizon Ranch Aerodrome		2036				0	71 km
Double Eagle II		1778	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	73 km
University of Nm Hospital		1589				0	75 km
Kggm		1497				0	78 km
Lindrith Airpark		2195				0	78 km
Big Sky		1890				0	79 km
Sandia Airpark Estates East		1996				0	79 km
Albuquerque International	ABQ	1631				0	80 km
Patterson Ranch		2041				0	86 km
Otto Vor	OTO	unknown				0	91 km
Moriarty		1890				0	96 km
Biplane Ranch		1981				0	97 km
Home		1481				0	104 km
Esenada		2329				0	108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Cochiti Lake	Cochiti	Rio Grande	1975	22 km
Jemez Canyon Reservoir	Jemez Canyon Dam	Jemez River	1953	40 km
Abiquiu Reservoir	Abiquiu Dam	Rio Chama	1963	54 km
	El Vado Reservoir Dam	Rio Chama	1935	96 km
Heron	Heron	Willow Creek	1970	103 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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