Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 01 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 09 Mar 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 1012547
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9137 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 Mar 06:01 07 Mar 06:02 08 Mar 06:01 09 Mar 06:02 10 Mar 06:03

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5314	06 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6551	07 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7579	08 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8604	09 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	9137	10 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9836	11 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	10488	12 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	10895	13 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	22225	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) . The nearest places are and Alice Springs.

CCI Land Cover

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	7677 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Alice Springs	Northern Territory	Australia	Major city	26000 people	87 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
Hermannsburg	HMG	unknown				0	55 km
Alice Springs	ASP	545	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	91 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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