Forest Fire (5679 ha) in United States 02 Aug 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 1008018
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 02 Aug 2022 - 05 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 3
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5679 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 5679 04 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6888 05 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7779 06 Aug 2022 03:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Washington (population 5,064,779) . The nearest places are Ellensburg, Wenatchee, Ephrata, and Yakima.

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 20 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Washington United States 5.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ellensburg Washington United States City 15000 people 36 km
Wenatchee Washington United States City 28000 people 46 km
Ephrata Washington United States City 6800 people 51 km
Yakima Washington United States City 72000 people 58 km

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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
Vantage 177 0 13 km
Brown Boy 343 0 21 km
Kittitas Valley Hospital Ems 487 0 23 km
Quincy Flying Service 389 0 26 km
Quincy Municipal 386 0 27 km
B & G Farms 341 0 28 km
J K D Farms 480 0 30 km
Grigg Farm 372 0 30 km
Chinook Farms 549 0 30 km
Bowers Field ELN 538 Civ. Paved Yes 5500 34 km
Hoverhawk Ranch 747 0 39 km
Christensen Field 351 0 39 km
Selah Creek Landing Zone 652 0 40 km
Desert 174 0 40 km
Christensen Bros Wahluke Strip 256 0 41 km
Pangborn Memorial EAT 379 Civ. Paved Yes 5500 42 km
Mattawa Air Strip 229 0 44 km
Central Washington Hospital 268 0 46 km
Fancher Field 439 0 49 km
Vagabond Aaf FCT 418 0 49 km
Zirkle Fruit Company 335 0 51 km
Ephrata Municipal EPH 388 Civ. Paved Yes 6700 53 km
Providence Medical Plaza 346 0 59 km
Grant County MWH 361 Civ. Paved Yes 13500 61 km
Don Williams Private 475 0 62 km
Cascade 262 0 62 km
Yakima Air Terminal YKM 334 Civ. Paved Yes 7600 62 km
Cle Elum Municipal 593 0 63 km
Moses Lake Municipal 367 0 65 km
Buena 253 0 68 km
Waterville 805 0 70 km
Mc Mahon Field 259 0 71 km
Othello Community Hospital 316 0 73 km
Taggares Field 350 0 74 km
West Valley 579 0 74 km
Wilkinson Ranch 509 0 76 km
Green Acres 305 0 77 km
Sunnyside Municipal 233 0 78 km
Labbee Fld 245 0 81 km
Harrah 258 0 81 km
Ross Private Strip 280 0 82 km
Wnp-2 Plant Support Facility 140 0 84 km
Mc Whorter Ranch 413 0 86 km
Hitchcock Airstrip 309 0 89 km
Mansfield 694 0 93 km
Prosser 212 0 93 km
Chelan Municipal 385 0 94 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Moses Lake Moses Lake South Crab Creek 1961 57 km
Potholes O'Sullivan Crab Creek 1948 62 km
Billy Clapp Lake Pinto Offstream Crab Creek 1947 78 km
Lake Chelan Chelan Dam Chelan River 1927 90 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
WPPSS UNITED STATES 1 84 km

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