Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 30 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 1010355
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	30 Nov 2022 - 14 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5235 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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07 Dec 05:02

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5235	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5923	08 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6955	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7413	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7586	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7883	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8048	15 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Kaduna (population 4,360,024) . The nearest places are Kaduna, and Zaria.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	39000 people
5 km	2600 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	294 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kaduna	Nigeria	4.4 million people
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kaduna		Nigeria	Major city	1.6 million people	33 km
Zaria		Nigeria	City	960000 people	93 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
Kaduna	KAD	631	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	32 km
Kaduna Old		648				0	37 km
Shiroro		398				0	66 km
Shiroro		398				0	73 km
Zaria	ZAR	655	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	94 km

Ports

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Kangimi	Kangimi	1977	53 km
Shiroro	Kaduna	1984	64 km
Zaria	Galma	1975	100 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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