Victorian Bushfire Severity Map from 2009 Satellite Imagery

February 2009 bushfire severity data for Victoria, Australia, derived from SPOT and Landsat satellite imagery and validated with ground control. The classification covers an area of approximately 460 by 300 kilometers, clipped to the fire-affected lands of about 400,000 hectares. It was produced by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Mapping fire severity patterns based on satellite-derived woodland fire severity indexes.
• Analyzing the spatial extent of different burn classes across approximately 400,000 hectares.
• Validating remote sensing classifications using the mentioned ground control and air photograph analysis.
• Studying vegetation structure response to fire where no specific burn severity was assigned.

Strengths

• Covers a large, defined area of approximately 460 by 300 kilometers.
• Based on multiple satellite sources (SPOT 4/5 and Landsat 5) to mitigate coverage gaps.
• Uses a noise-filtered classification and validation with ground survey data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Derived from classification of SPOT and Landsat TM woodland fire severity indexes, validated with ground control and air photograph analysis.

Time Range

February 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 23:41:11.719007; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia, specifically fire-affected lands.