Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 13 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 22 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 1012769
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	13 Mar 2023 - 22 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	18574 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	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	11473	17 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	15937	18 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	16755	20 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	18264	21 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18378	22 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	18574	23 Mar 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Astrakhanskaya oblast' (population 1,026,603) . The nearest places are and Astrakhan.

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	1113 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Astrakhanskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1 million people
Gur'yev	Kazakhstan	790000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Astrakhan	Astrakhanskaya	Russia	Major city	500000 people	71 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
Astrakhan Southeast		0				0	72 km
Astrakhan	ASF	30469	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8200	77 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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