Fire History Records of Fires across Victoria.
dataset:
FIRE_HISTORY
This layer represents the spatial extent of fires recorded since 1903 primarily on public land. The layer includes bushfires and DELWP planned burn information. Since 2006 fire severity data has been included in the Fire History dataset. CFA data on fires occurring on private land has also been included since 2009.
This data set was updated in August 2023 and includes season 22/23. No severity data for Gippsland for 18/19 and 19/20 is included in this current version.
This dataset presents aggregated historic fire severity classification from 1998 onward for wildfires. It currently has all of the fire sev classification done from FIRE_SEV98 to FIRE_SEV09 as well as Grampians victoria valley complex 2013 and Grampians northern complex 2014 (additional years of severity mapping will be added to this dataset as they become available).
Datasets has been reclassified using the Level 2 Classification described in the Post fire Burn Classification Procedure SOP v.1.0 (FEMD, 2014). Season 2019/20 has been included except for Gippsland. Currently 2018/19 is still to be incorporated.
Aggregating the old (more detailed) historic severity classes into the current broad level 2 classes is a more conservative approach than aggregating them into the current level 3 classes. . The reason for this approach is that the percentages for the degree of crown scorch do not line-up closely enough to directly transfer the old classes into the new level 3 classes. In all of the classification work documented above, canopy burn remains the highest severity level, canopy scorch is divided up in the levels below this depending on a description or percentage range.
In this coverage the most resent (last burnt) severity mapping is displayed, however, where an area has had previous fire events they can be mapped out (interrogated) by using definition query or attribute query or other GIS techniques.
Severity classification of non-forest areas:
In 2003 (Alpine fire), 2005 (Wilson's Promontory Fire), 2006 (Grampians Ballarat and Moondarra fires), 2007 (Little Desert and Boulder Creek fires) 2009 (Kilmore - Murindindi fires) polygons have been reclassified to the following classes:
Burnt = High Severity
Scorched and Burnt = High Severity
Partially Burnt = Medium Severity
Scorched and Unburnt = Low Severity
Unburnt = Unburnt
Unclassified = Unclassified
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Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2022) Fire History Records of Fires across Victoria. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d817f3be-a7a2-5847-9944-c0f2fdb39444 |
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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
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Naomi Withers
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Identifiers and Keywords
- ANZLIC Id
- ANZVI0803004741
- Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
- FIRE:FIRE_HISTORY
- Jurisdiction
- Victoria
- Topic category
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- Environment
Resource Constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
Other Dataset Details
- Date ( Revision )
- 2022-08-04
- Date ( Publication )
- 2024-01-24T14:15:56
- Status
- Completed
- Purpose
- This layer represents the spatial extent of fires recorded since 1903 primarily on public land. The layer includes bushfires and DELWP planned burn information. This data set was updated in August 2023.
- Credit
- Todd Gretton
- Supplemental Information
- Relationship to other Datasets: The fire_history data set is used to derive lastburnt100. This dataset is created from the FIRE_HISTORY_MASTER dataset Current Design Issues: The current layer design reflects the structure of DELWPs FIRES (FIREWEB) and FUEL MANAGEMENT (FMS) databases and emap spatial extents. The firekey attribute in the dataset provides the link to these two FFMVIC databases and CFAs IMS database. Other dataset attributes allow information annotated on source maps to be entered, especially in the case of historical fire information where no fire key is often provided to allow referencing to the relevent Fire database. The location attribute (that is replicated as part of the firekey attribute) can be either the former Forests Commission of Victoria (FCV) district, former Fire region, or current Fire District. It is currently proposed that only fire history information from the 1996/97 season inclusive will require the location and firekey fields to be completed. If historical fires are to have the firekey attribute recorded then this issue, particularly validation checks, will require further consideration. Future Design Issues: The present design has a single layer for each fire season. With the promise of overlapping polygon capability of the next generation of ArcInfo software, the separate years may be amalgamated into a single layer. This option is currently being explored. Related Documents: None Regional records
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
- Maintenance date ( Publication )
- 2022-08-07T01:01:35
Spatial
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Description
- General - Victoria
- Reference system identifier
- 4283
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W
Temporal
- Begin date
- 1992-01-01
- End date
- now
Resolution
- Horizontal Accuracy
- 100m
Quality
- Missing Data
- Wildfires information has been collected for the East Gippsland old-growth study area. The dataset for the central highlands is essentially complete, however no new records beyond 1993 have been recorded. The datasets for the North East and Goldfileds areas are currently being compiled. Statewide
- Attribute Quality
- Based on attribute checking procedures, an error of 1 in 20 is reasonable for the fire year, ie. 95% attribute accuracy.
- Positional Accuracy
- Precision: 10m to 300m - 1:25,000 50m to 300m - 1:100,000 Determination: Fire records are registered to 1:25,000 & 1:100,000 base features. Map errors of 0.5mm to 3mm translate to a positional accuracy of between 10m and 300m, depending on the scale.
Lineage
- Description
- Dataset standardisation has occurred to bring all datasets into line with current structure.
- Statement
- Dataset Source: Record search, aerial photographs, and regional fire records in the form of fire history maps. Dataset standardisation has occurred to bring all datasets into line with current structure. Dataset Originality: Primary
Attributes
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Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition FIRE_SEVERITY O N VARCHAR2 25 FIRE_SVRTY CREATE_DATE O N DATE 7 CR_DATE SEASON O N NUMBER 22 4 0 SEASON AREA_HA O N NUMBER 22 38 8 AREA_HA DSE_ID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 DSE_ID ACCURACY O N VARCHAR2 50 ACCURACY FIRE_COVER O N VARCHAR2 50 FIRE_COVER DISTRICT_ID O N VARCHAR2 2 DISTRICTID FIRE_NO O N VARCHAR2 25 FIRE_NO METHOD O N VARCHAR2 50 METHOD FIRETYPE O N VARCHAR2 8 FIRETYPE NAME O N VARCHAR2 255 NAME START_DATE O N DATE 7 START_DATE START_DATE_INT O N NUMBER 22 10 0 STRTDATIT CFA_ID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 CFA_ID FIREKEY O N VARCHAR2 50 FIREKEY METHOD_COMMENTS O N VARCHAR2 255 METHD_CMNT TREATMENT_TYPE O N VARCHAR2 50 TREAT_TYPE UPDATE_DATE O N DATE 7 UPDATEDATE
About the Metadata Record
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid / d817f3be-a7a2-5847-9944-c0f2fdb39444
Processor
DEECA
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UI, VDP
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- Resource Type
- Dataset
- Date info ( Creation )
- Date info ( Revision )
- 2023-09-28T15:49:07
- Standard Name
- ISO 19115-3:2018
- Profile Name
- DELWP Profile
- Profile Version
- Version 1
- Profile Date
- 2019-05-24
Metadata Constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
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