Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 16 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 1006131
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 19 May 2022
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5791 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 May 03:48

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5791	17 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6468	18 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7259	19 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8423	20 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) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	104 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Mexico	United States	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Magdalena		2050				0	36 km
Adobe Ranch		2241				0	46 km
Chloride		1890				0	56 km
Socorro Municipal	ONM	1478	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5800	60 km
Alamo Navajo		1969				0	60 km
Happy Mountain		2210				0	61 km
Truth Or Consequences Municipal	TCS	1478	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5500	68 km
Beaverhead Airstrip		2249				0	74 km
Rael Ranch Horse Pasture		2118				0	78 km
Emergency Operations Center		1317				0	79 km
Stallion AAF		1501				0	79 km
Me-Own		2302				0	83 km
Poco Loco		2262				0	85 km
Nalda Ranch		2295				0	85 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Elephant Butte Dike	Rio Grande	1921	79 km
Caballo	Caballo	Rio Grande	1937	104 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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