Forest Fire (21945 ha) in Australia 05 Mar 2023

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 1012588
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 05 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023
Duration (days): 12
People affected: 15 in the burned area
Burned area: 21945 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score


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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 10 7964 08 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
2 0.5 11 18867 09 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
3 0.5 11 20124 10 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
4 0.5 15 21277 11 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
5 0.5 15 21321 12 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
6 0.5 15 21569 14 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
7 0.5 15 21806 16 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
8 0.5 15 21932 17 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS
9 0.5 15 21945 18 Mar 2023 04:00 GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of New South Wales (population 6,338,919) . The nearest places are Mudgee, Kandos, Orange, Bathurst, Molong, Gulgong, Portland, Wellington, Blayney, Manildra, and Dunedoo.

Radius Population
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 3458 m2 GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
New South Wales Australia 6.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mudgee New South Wales Australia City 9000 people 38 km
Kandos New South Wales Australia City - 45 km
Orange New South Wales Australia City 30000 people 54 km
Bathurst New South Wales Australia City - 55 km
Molong New South Wales Australia City - 61 km
Gulgong New South Wales Australia City - 63 km
Portland New South Wales Australia City - 65 km
Wellington New South Wales Australia City 5300 people 66 km
Blayney New South Wales Australia City - 71 km
Manildra New South Wales Australia City - 80 km
Lithgow New South Wales Australia City 11000 people 87 km
Oberon New South Wales Australia City - 92 km
Dunedoo New South Wales Australia City - 102 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
Mudgee DGE 471 Civ. Paved Yes 5700 42 km
Bathurst BHS 742 Civ. Paved Yes 5500 55 km
Orange OAG 950 Civ. Paved Yes 5400 60 km
Orange 949 0 70 km
Cudal 491 Civ. Unpaved Yes 4400 79 km
Orange Cudal CUG unknown 0 85 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Windamere Dam Cudgegong River 1984 34 km
Burrendong Burrendong Dam Macquarie River 1967 47 km
Suma Park Summerhill Creek 1962 50 km
Chifley Campbell 1957 71 km
Carcoar Dam Belubula River 1970 81 km
Oberon Fish 1957 94 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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