Fire Severity Mapping for the 2003 Victorian Alpine Fires from Spot 5 Imagery

Lightning strikes ignited the Victorian Alpine Fires on January 8, 2003. This geospatial dataset provides fire severity classes derived from Spot 5 satellite imagery across the fire's extent, created by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action to support strategic management. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing ecological fire effects based on satellite-derived severity classes.
• Planning post-fire land management and rehabilitation strategies based on fire severity.
• Modeling fire behavior and fuel consumption patterns in alpine terrain.
• Creating baseline maps for long-term monitoring of vegetation recovery.

Strengths

• Derived from Spot 5 satellite imagery, providing a consistent spatial source.
• Explicitly designed as a reliable strategic management dataset.
• Covers the full spatial extent of the 2003 Victorian Alpine Fires.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the underlying event occurred in 2003.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Derived from Spot 5 satellite imagery.

Time Range

January-February 2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:36:48.284288

Geography

Alpine region of north-eastern Victoria, Australia