Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 12 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 Sep 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 1017249
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	12 Sep 2023 - 16 Sep 2023
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	25253 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	10113	13 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
2	0.5	13337	14 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
3	0.5	15079	15 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
4	0.5	25253	16 Sep 2023 08:08	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	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	119 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Mt. Sandford	MTD	unknown				0	35 km
Kalkurung	KFG	197	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	45 km
Limbunya	LIB	unknown				0	63 km
Cattle Creek	CTR	unknown				0	70 km
Wave Hill	WAV	201	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	75 km
Humbert River	HUB	unknown				0	90 km
Camfield	CFI	unknown				0	99 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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