Overall Green Forest fire alert in Russian Federation from 28 Apr 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 May 2022 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 1005983
Countries:	Russian Federation
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Apr 2022 - 10 May 2022
Duration (days):	12
People affected:	1404 in the burned area
Burned area:	42223 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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06 May 18:48 07 May 04:48 08 May 04:53 09 May 04:55 10 May 04:59 11 May 05:01

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	1081	7148	06 May 2022 16:51	GWIS
2	0.5	1081	8084	07 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	1364	35251	08 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	1364	36785	09 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	1364	37132	10 May 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	1404	42223	11 May 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Russian Federation , Region of Kurganskaya oblast' (population 1,135,314) . The nearest places are Kurgan, Vargashi, Yurgamysh, Kurtamysh, and Polovinnoye.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	280000 people
5 km	77000 people
2 km	13000 people
1 km	5000 people
Burned Area	1400 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	19456 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kurganskaya oblast'	Russian Federation	1.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kurgan	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	340000 people	25 km
Vargashi	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	9500 people	51 km
Yurgamysh	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	7900 people	54 km
Kurtamysh	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	18000 people	95 km
Polovinnoye	Kurganskaya	Russia	City	5100 people	109 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
Kurgan	KRO	76				0	24 km
Kurgan West		152				0	30 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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