Forest Fire (5663 ha) in Australia 15 Jun 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 1006367
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 15 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 11
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5663 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5010 21 Jun 2022 06:27 GWIS
2 0.5 0 5574 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 5663 25 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 5993 26 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 6577 27 Jun 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) .

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

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 5654 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Territory Australia 160000 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
Cooinda CDA 13 Civ. Unpaved No 3000 47 km
Jabiru JAB 26 Civ. Unpaved No 3000 96 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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