Forest Fire (5510 ha) in Australia 16 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 1010131
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 16 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5510 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 5399 23 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 5510 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) .

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 700 ha WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Queensland Australia 3.1 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
Robinhood ROH unknown 0 38 km
Georgetown GTT 303 Civ. Paved Yes 3000 69 km
Kidston 494 Civ. Unpaved Yes 3000 87 km
Einasleigh EIH unknown 0 91 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Copperfield River Gorge Copperfield 1984 83 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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