Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 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 1006126
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 22 May 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8070 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 May 03:46 18 May 03:51 19 May 05:52 20 May 03:53 21 May 03:47 22 May 03:52 23 May 04:54 24 May 04:51

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5187	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5461	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5601	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5779	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5791	21 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7575	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7945	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	8070	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 Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Mora, and Los Alamos.

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

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
Las Vegas	New Mexico	United States	City	15000 people	25 km
Santa Fe	New Mexico	United States	Major city	62000 people	41 km
Mora	New Mexico	United States	City	-	44 km
Los Alamos	New Mexico	United States	City	12000 people	80 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
Las Vegas Municipal	LVS	2095	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	33 km
St Johns College Helispot		2201				0	38 km
Governor's Residence		2195				0	40 km
Santa Fe County Municipal	SAF	1934	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	53 km
Doolittle Ranch		1996				0	54 km
Patterson Ranch		2041				0	58 km
Park Springs		1559				0	65 km
Big Sky		1890				0	67 km
Espanola Municipal	ESO	1765				0	68 km
Otto Vor	OTO	unknown				0	70 km
Los Alamos	LAM	2186	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	76 km
Horizon Ranch Aerodrome		2036				0	78 km
Moriarty		1890				0	82 km
Sandia Airpark Estates East		1996				0	82 km
San Miguel Ranch		1920				0	84 km
Taos County Hospital		2153				0	86 km
S & S Ranch		1923				0	89 km
Angel Fire	AXX	2555	Civ.	Paved	No	8900	93 km
Biplane Ranch		1981				0	96 km
Taos Municipal	TSM	2161	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	97 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Storrie Dam	Gallinas Creek	1921	26 km
Cochiti Lake	Cochiti	Rio Grande	1975	74 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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