Overall Green Forest fire alert in Uganda from 15 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 22 Jan 2023 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 1011617
Countries:	Uganda
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 Jan 2023 - 22 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5006 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Jan 06:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5006	23 Jan 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Uganda , Region of Western (population 2,047,200) . The nearest places are and Gulu.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5008 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western	Uganda	2 million people
Northern	Uganda	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Gulu	Gulu	Uganda	City	140000 people	78 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
Pakuba	PAF	unknown				0	23 km
Kabalega Falls	KBG	721	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5200	36 km
Masindi	KCU	1173	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	64 km
Mahagi		780	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	75 km
Gulu	ULU	1070	Mil.	Paved	No	10200	79 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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