Data

Bushfire Historical Extents - Version 3.0

Name: Bushfire Historical Extents - Version 3.0
Published: 2024

Geoscience Australia

Foo, A. ; Orr, K.

Viewed: [[ro.stat.viewed]] Cited: [[ro.stat.cited]] Accessed: [[ro.stat.accessed]]

ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft_id=https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149978&rft.title=Bushfire Historical Extents - Version 3.0&rft.identifier=https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149978&rft.publisher=Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)&rft.description=The National Bushfire Historical Extents Dataset (version 3.0) represents the aggregation of jurisdictional supplied burnt areas polygons (except Northern Territory) that date from the late 1800's through to 2024. The burnt areas represent curated jurisdictional owned polygons of both bushfires and prescribed (planned) burns.This dataset was produced under Work Stream 1C - Activity 3 of the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability; a collaborative partnership between the Australian Climate Services, CSIRO (NBIC), Geoscience Australia (GA), and the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network (EMSINA). Under agreement this Project (Activity 3) will release a nationally consistent, harmonised and standardised historical bushfire extent dataset derived from the authoritative state and territory agencies. The information released within this dataset is reflective of the data supplied by participating authoritative agencies. It may, or may not, represent all fire history within that jurisdiction.Apart from small updates to this dataset up until 30 June 2025 there are no plans for another major update to this Product. Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlannedStatement: Version 3 of this dataset extends upon the previous versions of this dataset built and released under the Australia Research Data Commons Project in early 2023 and National Bushfire Intelligence Capability in October 2023. This dataset represents an updated aggregation of each jurisdiction (except the Northern Territory) fire history data to include information from the 2023-24 bushfire season. Sources of State and Territory Data are: - Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation - New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service - New South Wales Rural Fire Service - Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service - South Australia Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources - Tasmania Department of Natural Resources and Environment - Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions* Please note that some of the above are responsible for the collection and distribution of multiple Agencies data. These agencies are identified at the attribute level.Northern Territory Data: The Northern Territory Government continue to progress in the development of their Bushfire Extent capabilities. Work is well underway with the relevant agency’s to be able to incorporate NT Government approved Historical Bushfire Extent data in the near future. Product Standardisation:The data provided by each jurisdiction is standardised and harmonised by Geoscience Australia. This process maps the existing state/territory attributes to the National Data Schema that was agreed to and endorsed by the participating state agencies and the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC): https://www.afac.com.au/insight/doctrine/article/current/fire-history-data-dictionary&rft.creator=Foo, A. &rft.creator=Orr, K. &rft.date=2024&rft.coverage=westlimit=112.00; southlimit=-44.00; eastlimit=154.00; northlimit=-9.00; projection=GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)&rft.coverage=westlimit=112.00; southlimit=-44.00; eastlimit=154.00; northlimit=-9.00; projection=GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)&rft_rights=&rft_rights=Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence&rft_rights=CC-BY&rft_rights=4.0&rft_rights=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/&rft_rights=© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024&rft_rights=Australian Government Security Classification System&rft_rights=https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx&rft_rights=WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link&rft_rights=Australian Government Security Classification System&rft_rights=Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0&rft_subject=geoscientificInformation&rft_subject=National Bushfire Intelligence Capability&rft_subject=Bushfire&rft_subject=Bushfires&rft_subject=Fires&rft_subject=Wildfires&rft_subject=Bushfire Boundaries&rft_subject=Published_External&rft_subject=bushfire history&rft_subject=Bushfire Extents&rft_subject=ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data

Access data via landing page
https://ecat.ga.gov.au...

Cite Saved to MyRDA Save to MyRDA

Licence & Rights:

Open Licence view details

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

CC-BY

4.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Australian Government Security Classification System

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

Australian Government Security Classification System

Access:

Open

Brief description

The National Bushfire Historical Extents Dataset (version 3.0) represents the aggregation of jurisdictional supplied burnt areas polygons (except Northern Territory) that date from the late 1800's through to 2024. The burnt areas represent curated jurisdictional owned polygons of both bushfires and prescribed (planned) burns.

This dataset was produced under Work Stream 1C - Activity 3 of the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability; a collaborative partnership between the Australian Climate Services, CSIRO (NBIC), Geoscience Australia (GA), and the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network (EMSINA). Under agreement this Project (Activity 3) will release a nationally consistent, harmonised and standardised historical bushfire extent dataset derived from the authoritative state and territory agencies.

The information released within this dataset is reflective of the data supplied by participating authoritative agencies. It may, or may not, represent all fire history within that jurisdiction.

Apart from small updates to this dataset up until 30 June 2025 there are no plans for another major update to this Product.

Lineage

Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned

Statement:

Version 3 of this dataset extends upon the previous versions of this dataset built and released under the Australia Research Data Commons Project in early 2023 and National Bushfire Intelligence Capability in October 2023.

This dataset represents an updated aggregation of each jurisdiction (except the Northern Territory) fire history data to include information from the 2023-24 bushfire season.

Sources of State and Territory Data are:

- Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation

- New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service

- New South Wales Rural Fire Service

- Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

- South Australia Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

- Tasmania Department of Natural Resources and Environment

- Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

- Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

* Please note that some of the above are responsible for the collection and distribution of multiple Agencies data. These agencies are identified at the attribute level.

Northern Territory Data:

The Northern Territory Government continue to progress in the development of their Bushfire Extent capabilities. Work is well underway with the relevant agency’s to be able to incorporate NT Government approved Historical Bushfire Extent data in the near future.

Product Standardisation:

The data provided by each jurisdiction is standardised and harmonised by Geoscience Australia. This process maps the existing state/territory attributes to the National Data Schema that was agreed to and endorsed by the participating state agencies and the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC):

https://www.afac.com.au/insight/doctrine/article/current/fire-history-data-dictionary

Notes

Purpose
To provide a nationally aggregated, harmonised and consistent dataset of historic bushfire extents.

Created: 24 10 2024

Data time period: 1899-12-30 to 2024-08-29

This dataset is part of a larger collection

Click to explore relationships graph

text: westlimit=112.00; southlimit=-44.00; eastlimit=154.00; northlimit=-9.00; projection=GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)

Subjects

User Contributed Tags

Other Information

Download dataset (gdb zip) [775.7 MB]

uri : https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/149978/149978_00_0.zip External Link

Identifiers

DOI : 10.26186/149978
URI : pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149978
global : eb1209b4-99cf-4265-965c-ad9ca1a702c7