Forest Fire (15849 ha) in United States 13 Jun 2021

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1000415
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 13 Jun 2021 - 21 Jun 2021
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 15849 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 413 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Dire fire warnings issued in wake of record heatwave in Canada, U.S. B ... Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:54:00 +0200.

By Moira Warburton and Sergio Olmos. VANCOUVER/PORTLAND (Reuters) - The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the U.S. Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more
...(more)
U.S. Biden pushes climate spending as U.S. braces for wildfire disaste ... Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:24:00 +0200.

June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States was behind in preparing for what could be a record number of forest fires this year because of drought and high temperatures and pledged to pay federal fi
...(more)
Dire fire warnings issued in wake of record heatwave in Canada, USWed, 30 Jun 2021 23:21:00 +0200.

VANCOUVER/PORTLAND: The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the US Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more record temperatures and the threat of wildfires. D
...(more)
U.S. Biden pushes climate spending as U.S. braces for wildfire disaste ... Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:05:00 +0200.

June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States was behind in preparing for what could be a record number of forest fires this year because of drought and high temperatures and pledged to pay federal fi
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),