Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 27 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 05 Jul 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 1006812
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Jun 2022 - 05 Jul 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7587 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5744	29 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6613	30 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6776	02 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6991	03 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7385	04 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7587	06 Jul 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7555 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 million 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
Mungalalu Truscott		53	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	36 km
Troughton Island		8	Mil.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	59 km
Kalumburu	UBU	29	Priv.	Unpaved	No	4200	61 km
Mitchell Plateau	MIH	unknown				0	64 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Kalumburu		Coral Sea Islands	28 km
Cape Londonderry		Coral Sea Islands	102 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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