Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 May 2022 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 1006106
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 20 May 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6901 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	5250	15 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5485	16 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5553	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6776	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6901	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Territory of Altayskiy kray (population 2,907,512) . The nearest places are Barnaul, Borovikha, Novoaltaysk, Pavlosk, Talmenka, Novoromanovka, Topchikha, Cherepanovo, Belovo, and Posevnaya.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	110000 people
5 km	22000 people
2 km	6300 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	608 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Altayskiy kray	Russian Federation	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Barnaul	Altayskiy	Russia	Major city	590000 people	24 km
Borovikha	Altayskiy	Russia	City	6600 people	24 km
Novoaltaysk	Altayskiy	Russia	City	60000 people	31 km
Pavlosk	Altayskiy	Russia	City	-	36 km
Talmenka	Altayskiy	Russia	City	20000 people	40 km
Novoromanovka	Altayskiy	Russia	City	-	56 km
Topchikha	Altayskiy	Russia	City	9300 people	75 km
Cherepanovo	Novosibirskaya	Russia	City	20000 people	85 km
Belovo	Altayskiy	Russia	City	-	94 km
Posevnaya	Novosibirskaya	Russia	City	4200 people	94 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
Barnaui West	BAX	247	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9300	12 km
Barnaui		201				0	20 km
Novoromanovo North		228				0	39 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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