Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 05 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 24 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 1008227
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	05 Aug 2022 - 24 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	615 in the burned area
Burned area:	8419 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Aug 05:05 15 Aug 05:05 16 Aug 06:06 17 Aug 05:08 18 Aug 05:12 20 Aug 06:15 22 Aug 06:18 23 Aug 06:21 24 Aug 06:25 25 Aug 06:30

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	601	5424	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	601	6159	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	601	6477	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	601	6663	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	601	6852	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	601	6879	20 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	601	7413	22 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	615	8286	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	615	8293	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	615	8419	25 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 California (population 30,971,320) . The nearest places are Arcata, and Eureka.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4400 people
5 km	2600 people
2 km	2300 people
1 km	1800 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	5320 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	533 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
California	United States	31 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Arcata	California	United States	City	17000 people	43 km
Eureka	California	United States	City	26000 people	51 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
Hoopa		109				0	14 km
Hyampom		381				0	36 km
Kneeland		834				0	39 km
Arcata	ACV	66	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5900	45 km
Murray Field	EKA	2	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3000	48 km
Dinsmore		724				0	50 km
Hayfork		707				0	55 km
Eureka Municipal		6				0	57 km
Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville		716				0	59 km
Rohnerville		119	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4000	64 km
Andy Mc Beth		13				0	73 km
Trinity Center		728				0	74 km
Silver Creek Ranch		765				0	74 km
Ruth		843				0	84 km
Hell'er High Water		760				0	90 km
Scott Valley		831				0	91 km
Happy Camp		369				0	95 km
Garberville		166				0	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Eureka	USEKA	Wake Island	55 km
Fields Landing		Wake Island	60 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Ruth Lake	Robert W. Matthews	Mad River	1962	65 km
Clair Engle Lake	Trinity	Trinity River	1962	70 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
HUMBOLDT BAY	UNITED STATES	1	58 km

More information

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