Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 18 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 Jun 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 1006668
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9188 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Jun 04:46 24 Jun 04:48 25 Jun 04:48 26 Jun 04:51 27 Jun 04:51

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5353	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6172	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7049	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8188	26 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9188	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) .

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	7852 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
Maningrida	MNG	37	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	5000	25 km
Goulburn Island	GBL	19	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	78 km
Milingimbi	MGT	16	Civ.	Paved	No	4600	97 km
Ramingining	RAM	63	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4500	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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