Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico from 12 May 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 May 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (11836 ha) in Mexico 12 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 1006188
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 May 2022 - 22 May 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	11836 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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20 May 03:51 22 May 03:54 23 May 04:53

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1	5810	20 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1	11664	22 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1	11836	23 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mexico , State of Guerrero (population 2,867,451) . The nearest places are Coyuca de Catalán, Tecpan, Atoyac, Teloloapan, Huetamo, and Petatlán.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	8900 people
5 km	3200 people
2 km	2100 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guerrero	Mexico	2.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Coyuca de Catalán	Guerrero	Mexico	City	-	53 km
Tecpan	Guerrero	Mexico	City	14000 people	78 km
Atoyac	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people	78 km
Teloloapan	Guerrero	Mexico	City	21000 people	81 km
Huetamo	Michoacán de Ocampo	Mexico	City	22000 people	92 km
Petatlán	Guerrero	Mexico	City	20000 people	94 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
Santa Barbara		299				0	49 km
Huetamo		300				0	80 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Andres Figueroa	Ajuchitlan	1983	19 km
Carlos Ramirez Ulloa	Balsas	1986	52 km
Vicente Guerrero	Poliutla	1968	58 km
El Gallo	Cutzamala	1985	91 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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