Overall Green Forest fire alert in Nigeria from 01 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 Jan 2023 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 1011363
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Jan 2023 - 17 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	989 in the burned area
Burned area:	21137 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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17 Jan 22:19 18 Jan 00:18

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	24	6163	17 Jan 2023 18:34	GWIS
2		0.5	989	21137	17 Jan 2023 21:13	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Nigeria , State of Kaduna (population 4,360,024) . The nearest places are and Minna.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	150000 people
5 km	81000 people
2 km	35000 people
1 km	18000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1064 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kaduna	Nigeria	4.4 million people
Niger	Nigeria	2.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Minna		Nigeria	City	290000 people	105 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
Shiroro		398				0	85 km
Shiroro		398				0	94 km
Minna New	MXJ	254	Civ.	Paved	No	11100	97 km

Ports

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Shiroro	Kaduna	1984	89 km
	Kontagora	Kontagora	n/a	97 km

Nuclear plants

More information

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