Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mexico from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 05 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (15198 ha) in Mexico 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 1014518
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date - Last detection*:	21 May 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	2 in the burned area
Burned area:	15198 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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29 May 12:05 30 May 12:08 31 May 12:08 01 Jun 12:08 02 Jun 12:09 03 Jun 12:10 04 Jun 12:14 05 Jun 12:14 06 Jun 12:15

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	0	5231	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	0	6407	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1	7146	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1	8140	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5	9309	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1	10321	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	2	11708	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
8	0.5	4	13859	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	2	15198	06 Jun 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 Valparaíso, and San Martín de Bolaños.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	6300 people
5 km	3000 people
2 km	1200 people
1 km	1100 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	7439 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Durango	Mexico	1.5 million people
Zacatecas	Mexico	1.4 million people
Nayarit	Mexico	900000 people
Jalisco	Mexico	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Valparaíso	Zacatecas	Mexico	City	10000 people	84 km
San Martín de Bolaños	Nayarit	Mexico	City	-	106 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
La Candelaria del Alto		1940				0	82 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Agua Milpa	Agua Milpa	Santiago	1994	81 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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