Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 14 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 May 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (67700 ha) in United States 14 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 1006122
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 May 2022 - 23 May 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	67700 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 May 03:45 18 May 03:46 19 May 05:47 20 May 03:48 21 May 03:46 22 May 03:49 23 May 04:50 24 May 04:49

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	23015	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	35810	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	41864	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	48327	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	48623	21 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	57514	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	63974	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	67700	24 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 Silver City, and Deming.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	46408 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
Silver City	New Mexico	United States	City	11000 people	63 km
Deming	New Mexico	United States	City	14000 people	110 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
Me-Own		2302				0	11 km
Chloride		1890				0	25 km
Beaverhead Airstrip		2249				0	28 km
Adobe Ranch		2241				0	36 km
Casas Adobes Airpark		1768				0	48 km
Truth Or Consequences Municipal	TCS	1478	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5500	60 km
Whiskey Creek		1867				0	61 km
Emergency Operations Center		1317				0	64 km
Negrito Airstrip		2482				0	66 km
Turner Ridgeport		1841				0	66 km
Silver City Grant County	SVC	1659	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6800	72 km
Rael Ranch Horse Pasture		2118				0	73 km
Whitewater Mesa Ranch		1664				0	89 km
Happy Mountain		2210				0	91 km
Hatch Municipal		1255				0	94 km
Reserve		1939				0	100 km
Jewett Mesa		2341				0	110 km
Magdalena		2050				0	110 km
Deming Municipal	DMN	1313	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6600	111 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Elephant Butte Dike	Rio Grande	1921	68 km
Caballo	Caballo	Rio Grande	1937	70 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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