Forest Fire (15990 ha) in Australia 21 May 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 1014414
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 May 2023 - 03 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 15990 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 0 5668 24 May 2023 03:00 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6481 25 May 2023 03:00 GWIS
3 0.5 0 7307 26 May 2023 03:00 GWIS
4 0.5 0 8163 28 May 2023 08:00 GWIS
5 0.5 0 12149 29 May 2023 08:00 GWIS
6 0.5 0 13639 30 May 2023 08:00 GWIS
7 0.5 0 15134 31 May 2023 08:00 GWIS
8 0.5 0 15349 01 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
9 0.5 0 15776 02 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
10 0.5 0 15932 03 Jun 2023 08:00 GWIS
11 0.5 0 15990 04 Jun 2023 08:00 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) .

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


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Northern Territory Australia 160000 people

Affected populated places

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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
Daly River DVR unknown 0 21 km
Peppimenarti PEP unknown 0 89 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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