Forest Fire (7863 ha) in Australia 22 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 1010149
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 22 Nov 2022 - 26 Nov 2022
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 7863 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 7135 24 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 7863 25 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7863 26 Nov 2022 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 8630 27 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 Mount Isa, and Cloncurry.

Radius Population
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people
1 km no 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
Mount Isa Queensland Australia City 22000 people 65 km
Cloncurry Queensland Australia City - 66 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
Mount Isa ISA 342 Civ. Paved Yes 8300 62 km
Cloncurry CNJ 190 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 64 km
Heathlands HAT unknown 0 95 km
Kamileroi KML unknown 0 96 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Julius Julius Leichhardt 1976 38 km
Lake Moondarra Leichhardt River Leichhardt 1957 49 km
Mary Kathleen East Leichhardt East Branch of Leichhardt River 1960 51 km
Corella Corella 1959 53 km
Tailings Dam 8 Lena Creek n/a 71 km
Waggaboonyah Waggaboonyah Greenstone Creek 1969 98 km

Nuclear plants

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