Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 10 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 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 1008170
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Aug 2022 - 18 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	8
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6877 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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12 Aug 06:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6877	12 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11747	13 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12322	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	13314	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13508	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Tocantins (population 966,705) . The nearest places are São Félix do Araguaia, Luciara, Sandolândia, and Alto Boa Vista.

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	6882 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tocantins	Brazil	970000 people
Mato Grosso	Brazil	2.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
São Félix do Araguaia	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	7100 people	44 km
Luciara	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	-	87 km
Sandolândia	Tocantins	Brazil	City	-	90 km
Alto Boa Vista	Mato Grosso	Brazil	City	-	98 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
Sao Felix Do Araguaia	SXO	197	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4700	42 km
Santa Isabel Do Morro	IDO	197	Civ.	Paved	No	5000	48 km
Luciara		210	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	89 km
Suia-Missu	SWM	unknown				0	102 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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