Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 14 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 15 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 1008249
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	14 Aug 2022 - 18 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	11233 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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15 Aug 05:00 16 Aug 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	9293	15 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11233	16 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	15033	17 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	16270	18 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	16454	19 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) . The nearest places are Townsville, and Ingham.

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	11226 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ingham	Queensland	Australia	City	6000 people	51 km
Townsville	Queensland	Australia	Major city	140000 people	81 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
Ingham	IGH	15	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	50 km
Palm Island	PMK	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3700	68 km
Orpheus Island Resort Waterport	ORS	unknown				0	70 km
Townsville	TSV	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	76 km
Hinchinbrook Island	HNK	unknown				0	83 km
Charters Towers	CXT	291	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	106 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lucinda	AULUC	Coral Sea Islands	70 km
Townsville	AUTSV	Coral Sea Islands	83 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Paluma	Paluma	Swamp Creek	1959	19 km
	Ross River	Ross	1987	79 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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