Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 11 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 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 1008216
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Aug 2022 - 21 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13818 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	5462	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	8327	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	10149	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11005	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11733	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	12300	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	13014	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	13361	21 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	13818	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

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	73 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 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
Borroloola	BOX	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4000	93 km
McArthur River Mine		40	Priv.	Paved	Yes	4900	104 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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