Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico from 18 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 May 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (6868 ha) in Mexico 18 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 1014478
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 May 2023 - 30 May 2023
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	1 in the burned area
Burned area:	6868 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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27 May 12:06 28 May 12:09 29 May 12:07 30 May 12:11 31 May 12:13

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1	5337	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	1	6240	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1	6690	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1	6865	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1	6868	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mexico , State of Durango (population 1,467,826) . The nearest places are Culiacán, and El Dorado.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3400 people
5 km	1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Durango	Mexico	1.5 million people
Sinaloa	Mexico	2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Dorado	Sinaloa	Mexico	City	-	86 km
Culiacán	Sinaloa	Mexico	Major city	540000 people	93 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
Cosala		76				0	20 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Presidente Jose L. Portillo	San Lorenzo	1981	29 km
	El Salto	Elota	1985	45 km
Presa Juan Guerrero	Juan Guerrero	El Bledal	1994	60 km
	Sinaloa	Tamazula	1948	72 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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