 | This article containing a list of disasters may be affected by a currently active incident. Information regarding it may change rapidly as more information becomes available. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information about this bushfire season for all areas. Initial news reports may be unreliable. (January 2020) |
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The following tables show the extent of impact of the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
| Fire | State | Local Government Area(s) | Start Date | Contained / Cease Date | Area impacted | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaminaby Complex | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council [1] | 31/12/2019 [2] | Out on 16/02/2020 [2] | 98,485 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Ignited by several lightning strikes [2] |
| Anderson's Creek | New South Wales | Bellingen Shire Council | November 26 2019 | 1506 hectares (as of 05/12/19) | Ignited by lightning strike in New England National Park | |
| Badja Forest Rd | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 315,512 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] | ||
| Bees Nest | New South Wales | Armidale Regional Council | August 31, 2019 [5] | 100 000+ hectares [6] | Earliest mega-fire of the Black Summer (beginning in the winter of 2019) [7] [8] [9] | |
| Big Jack Mountain | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 19,633 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Bondi | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 3,539 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Border Fire | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire [10] | 192,489 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Border Trail Fire | New South Wales | Kyogle Council | early November 2019 [11] [12] | At least 6,400 hectares [13] | ||
| Buldah | Victoria | |||||
| Busby's Flat Road | New South Wales | Richmond Valley Council | ||||
| Calabash | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 4,634 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Campbells River Rd | New South Wales | Oberon Council | 481 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Carrai East [14] | New South Wales | Kempsey Shire | ||||
| Clear Range | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 12,458 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Clyde Mountain | New South Wales | Eurobodalla Shire [15] | 29 December 2019 [16] | Out 16 February 2020 [16] | 98,816 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Grew from Currowan fire [15] Over 400 homes destroyed [16] |
| Coombes Gap Complex | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council [3] | 37,772 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Creewah Rd | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 9,314 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Currowan | New South Wales | City of Shoalhaven [17] | 26 November 2019 [18] | Out 8 February 2020 [19] | 499,621 hectares (as of 8 February 2020) [19] | Ignited by lightning strike [18] 312 homes destroyed, 173 damaged and 1,889 saved. [19] |
| Crestwood Drive | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council [3] | 3,572 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Cuddlee Creek | South Australia | Adelaide Hills Council | 20 December 2019 | Declared safe 3 January 2020 | 23,295 hectares | Ignited by power infrastructure 85 homes destroyed, 1 death 51 firefighters injured |
| Dunns Road | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council [20] | 28 December 2019 | Contained 2 February 2020 [22] Out 15 February 2020 [23] | 333,940 hectares | Ignited by lightning strike [24] 182 homes destroyed [23] |
| East Rd | New South Wales | Murray River Council | 5 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Forest Road, Comberton | New South Wales | City of Shoalhaven [25] | 2,686 hectares [3] | |||
| French Island | Victoria | 15 January 2020 [26] | Contained 20 January 2020 [27] | 87 hectares [27] | Believed to be ignited by lightning strike [26] | |
| Gospers Mountain | New South Wales | City of Hawkesbury [3] | 26 October 2019 [28] | Contained 13 January 2020 [29] Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 512,626 hectares [31] | Ignited by lightning strike [28] |
| Good Good | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 42,563 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Green Valley | New South Wales | Greater Hume Shire [32] | 29 December 2019 [33] | Out 18 February 2020 [34] | 208,275 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Ignited by lightning strike [24] 7 related deaths including John Smith, Ross Rixon, Robert and Patrick Salway, Collin Burns, Michael Clarke and Richard Steele. [35] |
| Green Wattle Creek | New South Wales | Wollondilly Shire [3] | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 278,405 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | Ignited by lightning strike [24] | |
| Jinden | New South Wales | Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council | 17,684 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Kangaroo Island Complex | South Australia | Kangaroo Island Council | 20 December 2019 [36] | 210,000 hectares (as of 14 January 2020) [37] | Believed to be ignited by lightning strike [24] 2 deaths [38] | |
| Kerry Ridge | New South Wales | Muswellbrook Shire | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 156,000 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [39] | ||
| Kian Road | New South Wales | Nambucca Valley Council | Late October 2019 | 31,000 hectares [40] | Started by lightning strike [41] At least 60 homes lost, 1 dead [42] | |
| Kydra Complex | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 8,766 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Liberation Trail | New South Wales | Clarence Valley Council | early November 2019 | 148, 000 hectares | 169 homes destroyed [43] including 85 homes in the town of Nymboida on 8th November 2019 [44] | |
| Lindfield Park Road | New South Wales | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | 18 July 2019 [45] | Out 12 February 2020 [45] | 858 hectares (as of 12 February 2020) [45] | |
| Little L Complex | New South Wales | Singleton Council [3] | 171,396 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Long Gully Road | New South Wales | Tenterfield Shire | 5 September 2019 [46] | Out 27 October 2019 [46] [47] | 74,000 hectares [46] | Ignited by lightning strike [46] 2 deaths [46] 40 homes destroyed, 22 damaged, 300 saved [46] |
| Macalister 43 | Victoria | 37°04′11″S147°05′16″E / 37.0696°S 147.08774°E | ||||
| Meads Creek West | New South Wales | |||||
| Mt Nardi | New South Wales | City of Lismore | 8 November 2019 | Source of ignition unknown [48] Rainforest fires [49] Site of a significant grass-roots community effort to support agencies undertaking containment, known as "the community defenders" [50] | ||
| Mt Royal | New South Wales | Dungog, New South Wales [3] | 9,250 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Myall Creek Road | New South Wales | Richmond Valley Council [3] | Out 7 February 2020 [30] | 121,324 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | ||
| Myrtle Mountain Road | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 30 December 2019 [51] | |||
| Orroral Valley | Australian Capital Territory | 27 January 2020 [52] | Contained 10 February 2020 [53] | 86,562 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | Ignited by landing light on army helicopter in Namadgi National Park [52] | |
| Ovens 41 | Victoria | |||||
| Pearson Trail Complex | New South Wales | 23,053 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | ||||
| Pilot Lookout | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council [54] | 14,400 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [54] | |||
| Postmans Trail | New South Wales | Bega Valley Shire | 12,285 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Rockton | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 26,295 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Rolling Ground | New South Wales | Snowy Valleys Council | 5,688 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Rumba Complex | New South Wales | Mid-Coast Council [3] | 153,167 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Scabby Range | New South Wales | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | 3,874 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Snowy Complex | Victoria | |||||
| Tambo 35 | Victoria | |||||
| Tambo 64 | Victoria | |||||
| Tambo 48 | Victoria | |||||
| Upper Turon Rd | New South Wales | Mid-Western Regional Council [3] | 17,414 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [3] | |||
| Upper Murray | Victoria | 29 December 2019 [33] | 308,242 hectares (as of 17 January 2020) [55] | Also known as the Green Valley (NSW) or Walwa fire [33] | ||
| Utakarra | Western Australia | City of Greater Geraldton | ||||
| Waterhole Rd | New South Wales | Murray River Council | 2 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] | |||
| Werri Berri | New South Wales | 26,700 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [56] | Merged with Badja Forest Road Fire [56] |
| National Park | State | Impact Dates | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Flinders Chase National Park | South Australia | ||
| French Island National Park | Victoria | 15 January 2020 [26] - | |
| Kanangra-Boyd National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Kosciuszko National Park | New South Wales | Destroyed buildings include: Delaneys Hut, Sawyers Hill Rest House, Happys Hut, Wolgal Lodge, Kiandra Court House, Pattersons Hut, Matthews Cottage, Round Mountain Hut, Bradley and O’Briens Hut, Four Mile Hut [71] [72] | |
| Lane Cove National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Morton National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Namadgi National Park | Australian Capital Territory | 27 January 2020 [73] - | 50% of the national park burnt as of 2 February 2020 [61] 80% of the national park burnt as of 8 February 2020 [74] |
| Stirling Range National Park | Western Australia | ||
| Wollemi National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Woomargama National Park | New South Wales | ||
| Yengo National Park | New South Wales |
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