Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID)
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  Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID)

dataset: FIRE_SEV09
The fire severity classification is derived from a classification of a SPOT and Landsat TM woodlands fire severity index to map the fire severity of the February 2009 Victorian bush fires using ground control and air photograph analysis provided by DSE to Ecowise for validation. The classification is the final product derived using SPOT 4/5 satellite imagery with Landsat 5 imagery used on small areas where cloud or where SPOT imagery coverage was unavailable. Five of the eight classes have been labeled based on severity classes provided with the ground survey data. The remaining classes account for vegetation structures with no specific burn severity assigned. The area covered by the classification is approximately 460 by 300 km and is clipped to the extents of the fire effected lands (approximately 400 000 hectares).
 
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(2022)

Victorian Bushfires Severity Map 2009 (RASTER GRID)

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/96c22673-18a4-5d1a-bc02-f298f90a3286
 

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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803003676 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Environment
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
Data is not to be distributed without authorisation from the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Victoria 
Classification
Unclassified  

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Restricted  
 

Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )
2022-02-25
Status
Completed  
Format
DIGITAL ESRI GRID 2 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned  
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Grid  
Description
General - Victoria 
Reference system identifier
4283

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Temporal

Begin date
2009-03-27 
End date
2009-07-17 
 

Resolution

Horizontal Accuracy
25m  
 

Quality

Conceptual Consistency
Not specified 
Missing Data
Complete Completeness Verification: Incomplete 
Excess Data
Complete 
Attribute Quality
The break up into the assigned classes within the classification is based on ground truthing and air photography interpretation information as supplied by DSE. Though a full statistical analysis has not been performed on the accuracy of the classes relative to the ground information, it is anticipated that classes 1 and 2 will contain over 80% of all ground information relevant to those classes, class 3 will include the majority of of class 3 ground sites, while classes 4 and 5 (containing severity classes 4 and 5a, and 5b will require more statistical assessment to further comment. 
Positional Accuracy
There are three different data sources that are reliant on spatial position used to derive the product, however, the primary data source (satellite imagery) is an orthorectified product as supplied by DSE Victoria. This product has been found to be accurate to within one hundred metres against all other reference information available. Largest issues are seen in scenes taken at shallow angles and in steep terrain. 
 

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Dataset Source: The dataset is a derived product from raw satellite data as acquired by the SPOT 4 and 5 Satellite. The imagery is a product orthorectified by DSE. Calibration of the imagery has been limited to the application of the gain values as supplied with the SPOT images for the post fire scenes while the pre fire scenes were spectrally matched to the post fire scenes through the use of "invarient" targets including water bodies, highly reflective features and unchanged forests. Where multiple post fire images are mosaiced, the central scene or scene of best quality is used as the reference to which all other scenes are matched. A fire severty index was prepared through the digital processing of the pre fire and post fire imagery. The analysis is largely based on a ratio of the SWIR and NIR bands though a Transform Vegetation Index (TVI) ratio was used on Wilsons Promitory. The index for each region was then compared against ground information and split into five classes that can be statistically justified from the six descrete classes supplied by DSE. The Churchill, Dargo, Redesdale and Horsham areas do not have any ground survey points available for verification. The Churchill fire severity classes were extrapolated across from the Kinglake and Bunyip SPOT scenes while all other areas are classified through visual interpretation of the imagery. In wooded areas within Dargo, Redesdale and Horsham, only severity classes one to three have been interpreted with all other wooded areas left as unclassified burnt woodlands. The Redesdale and Horsham areas are dominated by grassland burns with grasslands either within classes seven or eight dependent on their likelyhood of actually being burnt. Dataset Originality: Derived 
 

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Metadata identifier
urn:uuid / 96c22673-18a4-5d1a-bc02-f298f90a3286

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Date info ( Creation )
2025-11-25T11:48:58
Date info ( Revision )
2025-11-25T14:14:09
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24  
 

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