Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 19 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (37924 ha) in United States 19 Apr 2022

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 1005827
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	19 Apr 2022 - 08 May 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	350 in the burned area
Burned area:	37924 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	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	132	18437	24 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	131	20392	25 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	139	21808	26 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	141	22286	27 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	145	22842	28 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	145	23981	29 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	249	29201	30 Apr 2022 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	350	37924	01 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	470	54927	03 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
10	0.5	518	66314	06 May 2022 16:51	GWIS
11	0.5	518	67571	07 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
12	0.5	520	69821	08 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
13	0.5	546	74992	09 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of New Mexico (population 1,576,738) . The nearest places are Santa Fe, Mora, Las Vegas, and Los Alamos.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	16000 people
5 km	3600 people
2 km	2000 people
1 km	1700 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	228 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	5160 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
New Mexico	United States	1.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mora	New Mexico	United States	City	-	21 km
Las Vegas	New Mexico	United States	City	15000 people	25 km
Santa Fe	New Mexico	United States	Major city	62000 people	51 km
Los Alamos	New Mexico	United States	City	12000 people	85 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
Las Vegas Municipal	LVS	2095	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	26 km
Doolittle Ranch		1996				0	38 km
St Johns College Helispot		2201				0	49 km
Governor's Residence		2195				0	50 km
Espanola Municipal	ESO	1765				0	65 km
Santa Fe County Municipal	SAF	1934	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8300	66 km
Taos County Hospital		2153				0	67 km
S & S Ranch		1923				0	69 km
Park Springs		1559				0	72 km
Angel Fire	AXX	2555	Civ.	Paved	No	8900	72 km
Eureka Ranch		1756				0	77 km
San Miguel Ranch		1920				0	79 km
Taos Municipal	TSM	2161	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5700	80 km
Patterson Ranch		2041				0	80 km
Los Alamos	LAM	2186	Civ.	Paved	No	5500	80 km
Big Sky		1890				0	89 km
Springer Municipal		1796				0	92 km
Otto Vor	OTO	unknown				0	93 km
Horizon Ranch Aerodrome		2036				0	99 km
Sandia Airpark Estates East		1996				0	104 km
Moriarty		1890				0	105 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Storrie Dam	Gallinas Creek	1921	19 km
Cochiti Lake	Cochiti	Rio Grande	1975	86 km
Santa Rosa Lake	Santa Rosa Dam	Pecos River	1979	105 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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