Overall Green Forest fire alert in Argentina from 11 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 26 Aug 2022 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 1008516
Countries:	Argentina
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Aug 2022 - 26 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	15
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	13044 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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23 Aug 06:14 24 Aug 06:17 25 Aug 06:20 26 Aug 06:20 27 Aug 06:23

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5308	23 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5692	24 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5983	25 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	12753	26 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	13044	27 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Argentina , Province of Entre Rios (population 1,057,211) . The nearest places are San Pedro, Baradero, San Nicolás, Gualeguay, San Antonio de Areco, Zárate, Pergamino, Carmen de Areco, Campana, Salto, and San Andres de Gilles.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	52000 people
5 km	26000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Entre Rios	Argentina	1.1 million people
Buenos Aires	Argentina	16.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Pedro	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	62000 people	11 km
Baradero	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	-	29 km
San Nicolás	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	150000 people	57 km
Gualeguay	Entre Ríos	Argentina	City	33000 people	58 km
San Antonio de Areco	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	-	79 km
Zárate	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	92000 people	84 km
Pergamino	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	87000 people	89 km
Carmen de Areco	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	-	91 km
Campana	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	81000 people	94 km
Salto	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	-	95 km
San Andres de Gilles	Buenos Aires	Argentina	City	-	100 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)	Distance
San Pedro	XPD	27	13 km
San Nicolas de los Arroyos		30	51 km
Capitan Sarmiento		49	66 km
Zarate		26	82 km
San Andres de Giles		51	102 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Obligato		Argentina	10 km
San Pedro	ARXPD	Argentina	11 km
San Pedro		Argentina	12 km
Ramallo	ARRAM	Argentina	33 km
Ibicuy	ARIBY	Argentina	51 km
Atucha		Argentina	57 km
San Nicolas	ARSNS	Argentina	57 km
Villa Constitucion	ARVCN	Argentina	69 km
Baradero		Argentina	70 km
Zarate	ARZAE	Argentina	83 km
Campana	ARCMP	Argentina	93 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
ATUCHA	ARGENTINA	2	68 km

More information

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