Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico from 18 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 06 Jun 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 1014458
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 May 2023 - 06 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	15024 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	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1	7458	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1	8495	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1	9907	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1	10569	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1	11176	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1	12040	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	1	12781	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	1	13028	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	1	13271	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	1	13829	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	1	14232	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	1	14847	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	1	15024	07 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mexico , State of Sinaloa (population 2,397,706) . The nearest places are Guamúchil, Guasave, and El Fuerte.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	1600 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sinaloa	Mexico	2.4 million people
Chihuahua	Mexico	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Guamúchil	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	57000 people	77 km
Guasave	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	68000 people	92 km
El Fuerte	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	11000 people	96 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Bacubirito	300	34 km
Guamuchil	24	80 km
Campo Cuatro Milpas	28	94 km
El Fuerte	75	95 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Gustavo Diaz Ordaz	Sinaloa	1982	30 km
	Eustaquio	Mocorito	1972	74 km
Miguel Hidalgo	Miguel Hidalgo	El Fuerte	1956	98 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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