Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 02 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 Sep 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 1008967
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	02 Sep 2022 - 21 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	34257 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	6875	05 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	9778	06 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	15146	07 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	20492	08 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	26290	09 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	27101	10 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	29558	11 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	30534	12 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	30949	13 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	31668	14 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
11	0.5	32921	15 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	33195	16 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
13	0.5	33453	17 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
14	0.5	33931	19 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
15	0.5	34048	20 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
16	0.5	34058	21 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS
17	0.5	34257	22 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Para (population 5,343,148) . The nearest places are Santana do Araguaia, Caseara, and Marianópolis do Tocantins.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	47000 people
5 km	3300 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	76 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Para	Brazil	5.3 million people
Tocantins	Brazil	970000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Santana do Araguaia	Pará	Brazil	City	19000 people	17 km
Caseara	Tocantins	Brazil	City	-	29 km
Marianópolis do Tocantins	Tocantins	Brazil	City	-	69 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
Santana Do Araguaia	CMP	182	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	21 km
Piaus		180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5900	70 km
Araguacema		180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	85 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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