Overall Green Forest fire alert in Brazil from 12 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 22 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 1009369
Countries:	Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Sep 2022 - 22 Sep 2022
Duration (days):	10
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5101 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Sep 05:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5101	23 Sep 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Brazil , State of Piaui (population 2,712,028) . The nearest places are Colônia do Piauí, Santo Inácio do Piauí, Wall Ferraz, Oeiras, Floresta do Piauí, Santa Cruz do Piauí, São Miguel do Fidalgo, Paquetá, Paes Landim, Santa Rosa do Piauí, and Francisco Ayres.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4400 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Piaui	Brazil	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Colônia do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	15 km
Santo Inácio do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	24 km
Wall Ferraz	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	25 km
Oeiras	Piaui	Brazil	City	21000 people	36 km
Floresta do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	37 km
Santa Cruz do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	40 km
São Miguel do Fidalgo	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	40 km
Paquetá	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	51 km
Paes Landim	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	51 km
Santa Rosa do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	63 km
Dom Expedito Lopes	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	68 km
Ipiranga do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	69 km
Cajazeiras do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	71 km
Bela Vista do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	77 km
Ribeira do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	77 km
Santana do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	77 km
Nova Santa Rita	Piauí	Brazil	City	-	78 km
Pedro Laurentino	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	82 km
Tanque do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	83 km
Geminiano	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	85 km
Sussuapara	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	86 km
São José do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	86 km
Várzea Grande	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	90 km
Barra d'Alcântara	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	90 km
Pajeú do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	96 km
São Luis do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	99 km
Novo Oriente do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	101 km
Patos do Piauí	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	102 km
Francisco Ayres	Piaui	Brazil	City	-	102 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
Oeiras		250	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	36 km
Picos	PCS	205	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	71 km
Paulistana		360	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3400	89 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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