Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 04 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 23 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (47899 ha) in Australia 04 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 1009752
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	04 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	47899 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	32599	15 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	36231	17 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	39772	18 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	40773	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	42243	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	43768	21 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	45615	22 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	46220	23 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	47899	24 Nov 2022 04:00	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 and Cooktown.

CCI Land Cover

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cooktown	Queensland	Australia	City	-	88 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
Greenvale Miner Lake	GVP	unknown				0	16 km
Laura	LUU	unknown				0	34 km
Laura Station	LUT	unknown				0	49 km
Koolburra	KKP	unknown				0	59 km
Bizant	BZP	unknown				0	59 km
Helenvale	HLV	unknown				0	78 km
Cooktown	CTN	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	82 km
Bulimba	BIP	unknown				0	91 km
Lakefield	LFP	unknown				0	91 km
Bloomfield	BFC	unknown				0	94 km
Kalpowar	KPP	unknown				0	98 km
Dixie	DXD	unknown				0	107 km
Wrotham Park	WPK	unknown				0	112 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Cooktown	AUCTN	Coral Sea Islands	87 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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