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Karawatha Peri-Urban Site, Fire History Data, 2000-2006 

Ver: 1
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Dataset Created: 2000-06-01
Dataset Published: 2011-07-01
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPKarawathaPeri-UrbanSite_FireHistory_2000-2006_dataDictionaryHTTPKarawathaPeri-UrbanSite_FireHistory_data_2000-2006HTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Butler, S. & Hero, J. (2011). Karawatha Peri-Urban Site, Fire History Data, 2000-2006. Version 1. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.25901/t064-ca09 
The record contains information on the annual fire history of 33 one-hectare plots in Karawatha Forest Park, Karawatha Peri-Urban Site, South-East Queensland. The plots are at 500 m intervals in a grid that covers the entire Park. Each plot follows the elevational contour and is 250 m long x 40 m wide. The data presented is on fire event history for each plot for the years 2000 to 20006, time since fire in each plot and the average frequency of fires in each plot per year. 
Credit
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Purpose
Data not provided. 
Lineage
Determination of fire events: Data on the location, area and date of fire events between 2000 and 2006 was obtained from Brisbane City Council. These maps were digitized using ESRI, ArcGIS software. The information from Brisbane City Council about locations of fire in Karawatha was used to create polygons in the GIS of areas of fire. The plot grid of Karawatha PPBio was then overlayed to give the plots that had been exposed to fire in the past. Data about fire history was available for years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Combined spatial data was used to calculate fire frequency and time since last fire event for each plot. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure StepsData not provided.
The Karawatha site is on the southern peri-urban edge of Brisbane. It contains a variety of habitats from freshwater lagoons and sandstone ridges, to dry eucalypt forests and wet heath.
Temporal Coverage
From 2000-06-01 to 2006-06-01 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Fire ecology
Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - FIRE OCCURRENCE
CLIMATE INDICATORS - FIRE HISTORY
Horizontal Resolution
250 meters - < 500 meters
Parameters
fire events
latitude
longitude
time since fire
Platforms
Karawatha Peri-Urban
Temporal Resolution
Annual
Topic
environment
User Defined
Karawatha Peri-Urban
South-East Queensland
Author
Butler, Sarah
Co-Author
Hero, Jean-Marc
Contact Point
Hero, Jean-Marc
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
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