Forest Fire (38754 ha) in Australia 18 Oct 2023

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 1018083
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 18 Oct 2023 - 31 Oct 2023
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 6 in the burned area
Burned area: 38754 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Impact Timeline

IDAlert colorGDACS ScorePopulation AffectedBurned Area (ha)Last UpdateSource
1 0.5 0 5430 23 Oct 2023 08:08 GWIS
2 0.5 0 6682 24 Oct 2023 08:08 GWIS
3 0.5 0 12513 25 Oct 2023 08:09 GWIS
4 0.5 0 14742 26 Oct 2023 08:09 GWIS
5 0.5 0 22141 27 Oct 2023 08:11 GWIS
6 0.5 2 27996 28 Oct 2023 08:13 GWIS
7 0.5 6 31018 29 Oct 2023 09:10 GWIS
8 0.5 6 37249 30 Oct 2023 09:10 GWIS
9 0.5 6 38645 31 Oct 2023 09:10 GWIS
10 0.5 6 38754 01 Nov 2023 09:09 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 Mount Isa, and Cloncurry.



Radius Population
10 km 22000 people
5 km 21000 people
2 km 2300 people
1 km <1000 people
Burned Area <1000 people


Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Queensland Australia 3.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mount Isa Queensland Australia City 22000 people 15 km
Cloncurry Queensland Australia City - 91 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
Mount Isa ISA 342 Civ. Paved Yes 8300 18 km
Oban OBA unknown 0 81 km
Cloncurry CNJ 190 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 92 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Mary Kathleen East Leichhardt East Branch of Leichhardt River 1960 16 km
Tailings Dam 8 Lena Creek n/a 18 km
Lake Moondarra Leichhardt River Leichhardt 1957 21 km
Corella Corella 1959 44 km
Julius Julius Leichhardt 1976 71 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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