Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 18 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (38645 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:	38645 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	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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