Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 15 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 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 1006121
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 May 2022 - 23 May 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	17590 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	0	5293	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	7498	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	0	8917	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	0	9145	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	0	9614	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	0	16761	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1	17590	24 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) . The nearest places are and Darwin.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	16910 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Darwin	Northern Territory	Australia	Major city	92000 people	103 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
Daly River	DVR	unknown				0	50 km
Darwin International	DRW	31	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11000	104 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Darwin	AUDRW	Coral Sea Islands	103 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Darwin River Dam	Darwin	1972	59 km
	Manton Dam	Manton	1942	62 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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