Forest Fire (1049 ha) in United States 30 Dec 2021

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 1003779
Countries: United States
Start Date - Last detection*: 30 Dec 2021 - 30 Dec 2021
Duration (days): 0
People affected: 367 in the burned area
Burned area: 1049 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 0.5 367 1049 03 Jan 2022 16:38 GWIS

Fires Joined

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Exposed population

The forest fire happened in United States , State of Colorado (population 3,428,480) . The nearest places are Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Arvada, Thornton, Golden, Berkley, Longmont, Lakewood, Aurora, and Fort Collins.

Radius Population
10 km 170000 people
5 km 62000 people
2 km 5900 people
1 km 1700 people
Burned Area <1000 people

Land Cover area Source
Settlement 11476 m2 GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Colorado United States 3.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Boulder Colorado United States City 95000 people 9 km
Westminster Colorado United States City 100000 people 15 km
Arvada Colorado United States City 100000 people 17 km
Thornton Colorado United States City 82000 people 22 km
Golden Colorado United States City 17000 people 22 km
Berkley Colorado United States City 11000 people 22 km
Longmont Colorado United States City 71000 people 26 km
Denver Colorado United States Major city 550000 people 29 km
Lakewood Colorado United States City 140000 people 30 km
Aurora Colorado United States City 280000 people 48 km
Loveland Colorado United States City 51000 people 50 km
Greeley Colorado United States City 77000 people 66 km
Fort Collins Colorado United States City 120000 people 69 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
Avista Hospital 1679 0 4 km
Lemons Private Strip 1594 0 5 km
Jeffco BJC 1724 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 9 km
Boulder Municipal WBU 1612 0 10 km
Boulder Community Hospital 1638 0 11 km
Ibm Building 910 1570 0 12 km
Schwartzwalder 2006 0 14 km
Tri County 1570 0 14 km
Colorado Antique Field 1545 0 19 km
Parkland 1539 0 19 km
St Anthony North 1678 0 19 km
Public Service of Colorado Arvada 1612 0 21 km
Capri 1602 0 22 km
Lutheran Medical Center 1676 0 23 km
Vance Brand 1541 0 23 km
Lookout Center Parking Lot 1798 0 24 km
Athanasiou Valley 2713 0 26 km
Denver Artcc 1541 0 26 km
Wings N Things Airpark & Museum 1524 0 27 km
Denver Federal Center Helistop 1692 0 27 km
St Anthony Hospital Central 1608 0 27 km
Public Service Company (MDC) 1558 0 27 km
Morton 2243 0 27 km
Henderson 1529 0 29 km
Denver Water Department 1591 0 30 km
Bulk Mail Center 1612 0 31 km
Miner's Mesa 2642 0 31 km
The Children's Hospital 1657 0 32 km
Mount Morrison 2402 0 32 km
Cartwheel 1527 0 32 km
Gates Rubber Co 1612 0 34 km
Reasoner 1554 0 34 km
Stapleton International 1625 0 34 km
Ptarmigan 2499 0 34 km
Cherry Creek Townhouse 1628 0 36 km
Indian Hills/fire Department 2228 0 36 km
Carrera Airpark 1513 0 36 km
Heckendorf Ranches 1542 0 38 km
Swedish Medical Center 1638 0 39 km
Greystone 2298 0 39 km
Arapahoe 3253 0 39 km
Lazy W 1585 0 40 km
Aurora Presbyterian Hospital 1650 0 41 km
Manor House 1896 0 41 km
Brighton Van Aire Estates 1541 0 42 km
Accutronics 1737 0 43 km
Aurora Regional Medical Center 1708 0 43 km
Deer Creek Building 1898 0 44 km
Platte Valley 1513 0 45 km
Meyer Ranch 2438 0 46 km
Arapahoe Medical Park / Littleton Hospital 1701 0 46 km
Denver International DEN 1655 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 46 km
Buckley AFB 1726 Mil. Paved Yes 11000 47 km
Stevens 1579 0 47 km
Bowen Farms Nr 1 1661 0 47 km
Kugel Strong 1509 0 48 km
Lindys Airpark 1536 0 50 km
Martin 1743 0 51 km
Mc Kee Medical Center 1485 0 51 km
Centennial Healthcare Plaza 1731 0 51 km
Berthoud Pass 3792 0 52 km
Horth Strip 1563 0 52 km
Arapahoe County APA 1793 Civ. Paved Yes 10000 52 km
Aurora 1731 0 53 km
E.P.M.C 2339 0 53 km
Frontier Helicopters 1494 0 54 km
Jackrabbit Strip 1524 0 54 km
Land 1524 0 54 km
Greggs Nr 1 1638 0 56 km
Fort Collins Loveland Municipal FNL 1529 Civ. Paved Yes 8500 57 km
Front Range Airport 1672 Civ. Paved Yes 8000 59 km
Henderson 3170 0 59 km
Jjs 1547 0 63 km
Granby Grand County GNY 2500 Civ. Paved No 5000 63 km
Easton / Valley View 1469 0 65 km
Wkr 1475 0 66 km
Ncmc 1402 0 66 km
Everitt 1919 0 66 km
Horseshoe Landings 1463 0 68 km
Hoy Airstrip 1618 0 68 km
Van Slyke Field 1737 0 68 km
Harrington Ranch 1821 0 69 km
Greeley Weld County GXY 1420 Civ. Paved Yes 6200 71 km
Christman Field 1573 0 71 km
Downtown Ft Collins Airpark 1504 0 72 km
Branch's 1413 0 72 km
Air Dusters Inc 1457 0 72 km
Young's Strip 1722 0 73 km
Uhrich 1437 0 73 km
Hilltop 2053 0 75 km
Amax Mill 2797 0 75 km
Snake River Health Services Inc 2835 0 76 km
Comanche Livestock 1594 0 77 km
Reid Ranches 1469 0 77 km
Crop Air Inc 1463 0 77 km
Yankee Field 1539 0 77 km
Kelgun 2073 0 79 km
Kostroski 2042 0 79 km
Comanche Airfield Llc 1631 0 79 km
William T Browder 1585 0 81 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Marshall Lake Trib. South Boulder Creek 1908 1 km
Valmont A Trib. Boulder Creek 1962 8 km
Standley Lake Big Dry Creek 1913 12 km
Gross South Boulder Creek 1955 14 km
Ralston Ralston Creek 1937 14 km
Boulder North Dam Dry Creek 1955 14 km
Barker Barker Middle Boulder Creek 1910 25 km
Union Trib. St. Vrain Creek 1933 28 km
Button Rock North Fork of St. Vrain Creek 1967 33 km
Marston Lake Marston Lake North Dam Offstream South Platte River 1899 38 km
Barr Lake Beebe Draw 1893 38 km
Carter Lake Carter Lake Dam 1 Offstream Big Thompson River 1951 41 km
Home Supply Reservoir Lone Tree Offstream Big Thompson River 1882 44 km
Cherry Creek Lake Cherry Creek Dam Cherry Creek 1953 45 km
Chatfield Lake Chatfield Dam South Platte River 1973 46 km
Lake Loveland Offstream Big Thompson River 1894 51 km
Horse Creek Horse Creek 1910 53 km
Milton Lake Beebe Seep Canal 1975 57 km
Boyd Lake Offstream Big Thompson River 1900 58 km
Senac Aurora Dam Senac Creek 1990 59 km
Lake Granby Granby Colorado River 1949 60 km
Fossil Creek Fossil Creek 1903 62 km
Shadow Mountain Shadow Mountain Colorado River 1945 62 km
Willow Creek Willow Creek Willow Creek 1952 67 km
Timnath Reservoir Cache la Poudre Trib. Cache la Poudre River 1977 68 km
Big Windsor Windsor Trib. Cache la Poudre River 1978 69 km
Horsetooth Dixon Canyon Cache la Poudre 1948 71 km
Terry Lake Terry Lake Trib. Dry Creek 1970 75 km
Long Draw Long Draw La Poudre Pass Creek 1975 78 km
Windsor 8 Trib. Cache la Poudre River 1903 79 km
Cobb Lake Offstream Cache la Poudre River 1953 80 km
North Poudre 6 Trib. Cache la Poudre River 1905 81 km
Dillon Blue River 1963 83 km
Cheesman South Platte River 1905 83 km
Douglas Dry Creek 1901 84 km
Chambers Lake Joe Wright Creek 1924 91 km
Rawhide Trib. Coal Creek 1980 100 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
FORT ST. VRAIN UNITED STATES 1 42 km

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