Desert Fire: fire and regional land management in the arid landscapes of Australia
2.5.2 Summary of fires
The compilation of a detailed fire history provides the basis for a consistent interpretation of past events. The fire history dataset mapped 2977 fires within the southern Tanami core study area. There were 115 fires mapped from the earliest image date, with 34 occurring before June 1997. Between July 1997 and June 2000 there were 218 fires. During the three-year period with the greatest fire activity, between July 2000 and June 2003, there were 2096 fires. In the subsequent period from July 2003 to March 2005 there were a further 640 fires.
The majority of fires were small, and nearly 63% of all fires were less than 1 km² in size. Only 2.5% of the fires were greater than 1000 km², but they represented 72% of the total area burnt (Figure 2.23).
Many fires burnt into or beyond the image extent, and the largest area burnt by a single fire exceeded 5700 km²
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