Forest Fire (8666 ha) in Australia 21 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 1006664
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 Jun 2022 - 25 Jun 2022
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 8666 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 7434 23 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 8386 24 Jun 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 8666 26 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 1200 people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no people
Burned Area no people

Land Cover area Source
Protected Area 91 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
Lake Evella LEL 78 Civ. Unpaved No 3200 18 km
Elcho Island ELC 30 Civ. Paved No 4700 49 km
Baniyala BYX unknown 0 102 km
Nhulunbuy GOV 54 Civ. Paved Yes 6700 104 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Gove AUGOV Coral Sea Islands 94 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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