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Local government areas that have burned most often in Australia

Local government areas of Australia with at least one fire larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 255. With two or more: 191. Top of the list is Victoria Daly, which has burned 814 times in 11 years, with 13,350,686 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Victoria DalyNorthern Territory814×11 years · 13,350,686 ha
  2. 2Roper GulfNorthern Territory813×11 years · 11,570,496 ha
  3. 3Wyndham-East KimberleyWestern Australia683×11 years · 8,251,552 ha
  4. 4BarklyNorthern Territory590×10 years · 11,474,982 ha
  5. 5Derby-West KimberleyWestern Australia528×11 years · 6,212,118 ha
  6. 6East PilbaraWestern Australia528×11 years · 5,870,155 ha
  7. 7CookQueensland511×11 years · 8,340,152 ha
  8. 8Central DesertNorthern Territory428×10 years · 7,549,809 ha
  9. 9West ArnhemNorthern Territory418×11 years · 4,206,038 ha
  10. 10Halls CreekWestern Australia401×11 years · 4,729,074 ha
  11. 11BroomeWestern Australia216×10 years · 3,113,749 ha
  12. 12MareebaQueensland213×11 years · 3,363,834 ha
  13. 13Unincorporated NTNorthern Territory195×11 years · 1,364,265 ha
  14. 14East ArnhemNorthern Territory192×11 years · 1,883,103 ha
  15. 15MacDonnellNorthern Territory175×10 years · 2,139,187 ha
  16. 16West DalyNorthern Territory152×11 years · 1,719,814 ha
  17. 17EtheridgeQueensland137×11 years · 1,936,449 ha
  18. 18CroydonQueensland116×11 years · 1,770,065 ha
  19. 19CarpentariaQueensland111×11 years · 1,075,950 ha
  20. 20Charters TowersQueensland100×11 years · 1,288,852 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Victoria DalyNorthern Territory13,350,686 ha814× · 86 %
  2. 2Roper GulfNorthern Territory11,570,496 ha813× · 62 %
  3. 3BarklyNorthern Territory11,474,982 ha590× · 35 %
  4. 4CookQueensland8,340,152 ha511× · 78 %
  5. 5Wyndham-East KimberleyWestern Australia8,251,552 ha683× · 73 %
  6. 6Central DesertNorthern Territory7,549,809 ha428× · 27 %
  7. 7Derby-West KimberleyWestern Australia6,212,118 ha528× · 52 %
  8. 8East PilbaraWestern Australia5,870,155 ha528× · 16 %
  9. 9Halls CreekWestern Australia4,729,074 ha401× · 35 %
  10. 10West ArnhemNorthern Territory4,206,038 ha418× · 84 %
  11. 11MareebaQueensland3,363,834 ha213× · 63 %
  12. 12BroomeWestern Australia3,113,749 ha216× · 57 %
  13. 13MacDonnellNorthern Territory2,139,187 ha175× · 7.9 %
  14. 14EtheridgeQueensland1,936,449 ha137× · 49 %
  15. 15East ArnhemNorthern Territory1,883,103 ha192× · 56 %
  16. 16CroydonQueensland1,770,065 ha116× · 60 %
  17. 17West DalyNorthern Territory1,719,814 ha152× · 1.2×
  18. 18LavertonWestern Australia1,602,177 ha97× · 8.9 %
  19. 19Mount IsaQueensland1,417,244 ha93× · 32 %
  20. 20Unincorporated NTNorthern Territory1,364,265 ha195× · 70 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Tiwi IslandsNorthern Territory1.6×1,218,409 ha · 7,530 km²
  2. 2West DalyNorthern Territory1.2×1,719,814 ha · 14,161 km²
  3. 3KatherineNorthern Territory1.1×840,159 ha · 7,462 km²
  4. 4AurukunQueensland89 %665,036 ha · 7,470 km²
  5. 5Victoria DalyNorthern Territory86 %13,350,686 ha · 154,439 km²
  6. 6West ArnhemNorthern Territory84 %4,206,038 ha · 50,006 km²
  7. 7CookQueensland78 %8,340,152 ha · 106,629 km²
  8. 8Lockhart RiverQueensland76 %273,199 ha · 3,598 km²
  9. 9CoomalieNorthern Territory75 %154,129 ha · 2,068 km²
  10. 10Wyndham-East KimberleyWestern Australia73 %8,251,552 ha · 112,717 km²
  11. 11Unincorporated NTNorthern Territory70 %1,364,265 ha · 19,359 km²
  12. 12HawkesburyNew South Wales68 %188,166 ha · 2,782 km²
  13. 13CherbourgQueensland67 %2,107 ha · 31 km²
  14. 14NapranumQueensland63 %127,673 ha · 2,017 km²
  15. 15MareebaQueensland63 %3,363,834 ha · 53,749 km²
  16. 16Roper GulfNorthern Territory62 %11,570,496 ha · 186,446 km²
  17. 17WollondillyNew South Wales62 %157,929 ha · 2,563 km²
  18. 18CroydonQueensland60 %1,770,065 ha · 29,666 km²
  19. 19Clarence ValleyNew South Wales57 %601,056 ha · 10,465 km²
  20. 20BroomeWestern Australia57 %3,113,749 ha · 54,810 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.