Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 01 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 1014472
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 May 2023 - 01 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	10444 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	5032	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7245	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	8894	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	9468	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10265	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	10265	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	10444	02 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) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5869 ha	WDPA

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)	Distance
Coolibah	COB	unknown	9 km
Timber Creek	TBK	unknown	66 km
Victoria R. Downs	VCD	unknown	86 km
Delamere		223	95 km
Humbert River	HUB	unknown	103 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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