Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 10 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC to 26 Nov 2021 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 1003451
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	10 Nov 2021 - 29 Nov 2021
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	9771 in the burned area
Burned area:	14195 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	9602	6081	16 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
2	0.5	9602	7492	19 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
3	0.5	9602	7973	20 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
4	0.5	9582	9072	21 Nov 2021 04:01	GWIS
5	0.5	9716	9508	23 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	9771	11574	24 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	9771	13882	26 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	9771	14195	27 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	9771	14510	28 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	10367	16275	29 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	10367	16706	30 Nov 2021 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

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Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Sokoto (population 4,824,822) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	55000 people
5 km	27000 people
2 km	7800 people
1 km	7500 people
Burned Area	10000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1596 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	2724 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sokoto	Nigeria	4.8 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
Gusau		462	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4800	65 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Bakolori	Sokoto	1978	58 km
	Gusau	Sokoto	n/a	59 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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