Overall Green Forest fire alert in United States from 23 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC to 26 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5511 ha) in United States 23 Jul 2024

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 1020384
Countries:	United States
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Jul 2024 - 27 Jul 2024
Duration (days):	4
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5511 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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26 Jul 15:01 26 Jul 19:00

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5512	26 Jul 2024 14:01	GWIS
2	0.5	5511	26 Jul 2024 18:01	GWIS
3	0.5	5178	26 Jul 2024 22:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6735	27 Jul 2024 10:01	GWIS
5	0.5	6857	27 Jul 2024 14:01	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Oregon (population 2,958,009) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Oregon	United States	3 million people

Affected populated places

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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
Burns Municipal	BNO	1263	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5100	19 km
Lawen Strip		1259				0	28 km
Ponderosa Ranch		1397				0	33 km
Hines		1356				0	33 km
Arnold Airstrip		1262				0	40 km
Seneca Emergency Airstrip		1422				0	47 km
Inshallah International		1390				0	55 km
Murphy Ranch		1056				0	60 km
Juntura		925				0	60 km
Barton Lake Ranch		1268				0	68 km
Lockhart		1407				0	69 km
John Day State	JDA	1128				0	76 km
Oxbow Ranch		1164				0	76 km
Hi Country No 2		1170				0	79 km
Unity		1212				0	94 km
Wileycreek		1259				0	97 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Warm Springs	Warm Springs	Malheur River	1918	51 km
Beulah	Agency Valley	North Fork of Malheur River	1934	57 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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