Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 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 1006114
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 21 May 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	9 in the burned area
Burned area:	8539 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	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5	5240	16 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5	7050	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5	7137	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7	7484	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9	8250	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9	8317	21 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9	8539	22 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, Mora, Las Vegas, and Los Alamos.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	728 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
Mora	New Mexico	United States	City	-	18 km
Las Vegas	New Mexico	United States	City	15000 people	56 km
Santa Fe	New Mexico	United States	Major city	62000 people	58 km
Los Alamos	New Mexico	United States	City	12000 people	76 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
Taos County Hospital		2153				0	36 km
Angel Fire	AXX	2555	Civ.	Paved	No	8900	45 km
Taos Municipal	TSM	2161	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	47 km
Espanola Municipal	ESO	1765				0	50 km
Doolittle Ranch		1996				0	55 km
Las Vegas Municipal	LVS	2095	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	55 km
Governor's Residence		2195				0	55 km
St Johns College Helispot		2201				0	57 km
S & S Ranch		1923				0	70 km
Santa Fe County Municipal	SAF	1934	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	72 km
Los Alamos	LAM	2186	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	72 km
Questa Municipal Nr 2		2347				0	83 km
Springer Municipal		1796				0	84 km
Park Springs		1559				0	102 km
Patterson Ranch		2041				0	103 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Storrie Dam	Gallinas Creek	1921	49 km
Abiquiu Reservoir	Abiquiu Dam	Rio Chama	1963	86 km
Cochiti Lake	Cochiti	Rio Grande	1975	89 km
	Costilla Dam	Rio Costilla	1920	94 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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