Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 26 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 27 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 1006806
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	26 Jun 2022 - 03 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5305 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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28 Jun 04:46

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5305	28 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5433	29 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6403	30 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9792	01 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	12350	02 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	13281	03 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13866	04 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Alaska (population 572,432) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Alaska	United States	570000 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
McGrath	MCG	103	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	51 km
Tatalina AFS	TLJ	unknown				0	51 km
Takotna	TCT	251				0	63 km
Medfra	MDR	133				0	77 km
Nixon Fork Mine		460				0	88 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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