Forest Fire (29510 ha) in Australia 04 May 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 1006003
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 04 May 2022 - 11 May 2022
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 29510 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 16216 08 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 22465 09 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 27313 10 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 29319 11 May 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 29510 12 May 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

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 9707 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Territory Australia 160000 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
Tindal KTR 135 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 76 km
Cooinda CDA 13 Civ. Unpaved No 3000 104 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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