Forest Fire (15218 ha) in Australia 11 Nov 2022

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 1009702
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 11 Nov 2022 - 20 Nov 2022
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 15218 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 6634 15 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 8350 16 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 9715 17 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 11325 18 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 14192 19 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 14870 20 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 15218 21 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) .

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 12155 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Western Australia Australia 1.7 million 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
Kalumburu UBU 29 Priv. Unpaved No 4200 67 km
Mitchell Plateau MIH unknown 0 103 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Kalumburu Coral Sea Islands 96 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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