Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 08 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 14 Aug 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 1008140
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	08 Aug 2022 - 14 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	6
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	36769 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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10 Aug 04:45 11 Aug 06:01 12 Aug 06:05 13 Aug 06:01 14 Aug 05:03 15 Aug 05:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	10081	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	16670	11 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	27286	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	31501	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	36560	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	36769	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Central (population 450,478) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	114 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	13482 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Central	Botswana	450000 people
Ghanzi	Botswana	27000 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
Rakops		914	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	47 km
Orapa	ORP	945	Priv.	Paved	Yes	5400	108 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Mopipi	Boteti	n/a	62 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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