Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 08 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 19 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 1017289
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	08 Sep 2023 - 19 Sep 2023
Duration (days):	11
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8072 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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14 Sep 08:20 15 Sep 08:19 16 Sep 08:20 17 Sep 08:22 18 Sep 08:25 19 Sep 08:25

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5661	14 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
2	0.5	6464	15 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
3	0.5	7037	16 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
4	0.5	7303	17 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
5	0.5	7380	18 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS
6	0.5	8072	19 Sep 2023 08:08	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Queensland (population 3,107,362) . The nearest places are and Weipa.

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Queensland	Australia	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Weipa	Queensland	Australia	City	-	76 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
Aurukun	AUU	9	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4100	33 km
Merluna	MLV	unknown				0	54 km
Beagle Bay	BEE	unknown				0	57 km
Weipa	WEI	19	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5300	69 km
Scherger		44	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	75 km
Rokeby	RKY	unknown				0	76 km
Moreton	MET	unknown				0	102 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Weipa	AUWEI	Coral Sea Islands	77 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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