Overall Green Forest fire alert in India from 27 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 06 Dec 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 1010268
Countries:	India
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 Nov 2022 - 06 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	22222 in the burned area
Burned area:	7362 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	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	22131	6739	02 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	22207	6927	03 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	22222	7362	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in India , State of Madhya Pradesh (population 70,045,940) . The nearest places are Jabalpur, Damoh, Narsimhapur, Murwara, Mandla, and Umaria.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1.6 million people
5 km	220000 people
2 km	66000 people
1 km	39000 people
Burned Area	22000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1064 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Madhya Pradesh	India	70 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	1 million people	14 km
Damoh	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	120000 people	76 km
Narsimhapur	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	47000 people	77 km
Murwara	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	190000 people	84 km
Mandla	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	46000 people	92 km
Umaria	Madhya Pradesh	India	City	27000 people	104 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
Jabalpur	JLR	494	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	22 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Pariat	Pariat Nalla	1927	27 km
Bargi	Narmada	1988	36 km
Mehgaon Tolla	Mehgaon Nalla	1981	39 km
Mala	Son	1929	49 km
Khapa	Local Nalla	1983	71 km
Thanwar	Thanwar	1990	79 km
Upper Wain Ganga	Wainganga	n/a	101 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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