Burn Options Program 2023-24

DBCA has released its Burn Options Program for the 2023-24 fire season. Below is a summary of the burns on the plan.

Check back for more details as we continue to analyse them in greater detail.

Burn ID	Region	District	Location	Priority	Total Area (ha)	Conservation Estate Area (ha) †	Wetlands Area (ha)	Peat Area (ha) *
WHB_030	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Jingaring NR	2	40	36
WHB_031	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Mount Matilda	3	108	108
DON_152	Warren	Donnelly	Topanup	2	2060
DON_153	Warren	Donnelly	Giblett	2	3655	3645
DON_154	Warren	Donnelly	Glenlynn	1	598
DON_155	Warren	Donnelly	Winnejup	2	2449	2436
DON_156	Warren	Donnelly	Northcliffe	2	59
DON_157	Warren	Donnelly	Chudalup-Boorara	2	5403	5363	1412
FRK_020	Warren	Frankland	Pardelup Nature Reserve	3	311	311
FRK_037	Warren	Frankland	Pardelup	2	2614	786		7
FRK_039	Warren	Frankland	William Bay	2	35	34
FRK_061	Warren	Frankland	Parry Inlet	2	425	424
FRK_062	Warren	Frankland	Styx	1	3488			1075
FRK_070	Warren	Frankland	Weld Fire Salvage	1	1479	13
FRK_073	Warren	Frankland	Tingle View	1	285	204
FRK_074	Warren	Frankland	Blue Holes	2	1352	1310
FRK_075	Warren	Frankland	Irwin	1	691	626
FRK_086	Warren	Frankland	Clear Hills	1	9344	9216		1828
FRK_091	Warren	Frankland	Mindanup Challar	1	3546	511
FRK_094	Warren	Frankland	Sheepwash North	1	7798	7692
FRK_096	Warren	Frankland	Thames	1	8357	8205	72	2147
FRK_097	Warren	Frankland	Inlet	2	3478	3450	1823
FRK_098	Warren	Frankland	Isle Road	1	396	376
FRK_099	Warren	Frankland	Nornalup	1	81	80
FRK_100	Warren	Frankland	Conspicuous Cliff	2	1747	1717
FRK_101	Warren	Frankland	Scotsdale Road Nature Reserve	2	42	24
FRK_102	Warren	Frankland	Quarram Nature Reserve	2	1111	1010	0
FRK_103	Warren	Frankland	Hay	2	183
FRK_104	Warren	Frankland	Frankland State Forest	3	98	1
FRK_105	Warren	Frankland	Kordabup North	3	83	81
FRK_106	Warren	Frankland	Hazelvale Road	3	67
WHB_001	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dryandra - Skelton	2	277	275
WHB_003	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	North Jingalup	2	59	59
WHB_005	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dragon Rocks South	1	1809	1809
WHB_006	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Hopkins	2	564	563
WHB_007	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dragon Rocks	1	465	453
WHB_008	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Rock Hole Dam	2	54	54
WHB_009	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Lake King UCL	1	7468
WHB_010	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dryandra NP Buffers	3	193	191
WHB_011	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	North Tarin Rock Complex	1	522	491
WHB_012	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Boyagin NR Buffer	3	24	24
WHB_013	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	SRBRMZ Central 1	2	194469	5419	15
WHB_014	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Elphin Nature Reserve	3	28	25
WHB_015	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Great Eastern Highway North	1	30861	5242
WHB_018	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Skeleton Rock UCL	1	22467
WHB_022	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Bonnie Rock UCL	1	26782	0
WHB_023	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Forrestania UCL	2	43712	463
WHB_025	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Thornett Road NR	3	62	62
WHB_026	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Silver Wattle Hill NR	2	1647	1647
WHB_027	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Great Eastern Highway South	1	31164	1137
WHB_028	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dudinin South	1	300	287
WHB_029	Wheatbelt	Wheatbelt Region	Dryandra - Penny	2	213	198
SWC_070	Swan	Swan Coastal	Pinjar 1	2	10206	474
SWC_071	Swan	Swan Coastal	Gnangara Plantation	2	9743
SWC_072	Swan	Swan Coastal	Pinjar Plantation	2	9216
SWC_073	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yanchep Plantation	2	7198
SWC_074	Swan	Swan Coastal	Gnangara SF (clear fell)	2	9743
SWC_075	Swan	Swan Coastal	Pinjar SF (clear fell)	2	9216
SWC_076	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yanchep SF (clear fell)	2	7198
SWC_077	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yanchep National Park	2	5273	2727	265
SWC_080	Swan	Swan Coastal	Thomsons Lake	2	1015	970	246
SWC_081	Swan	Swan Coastal	Pinjar 2	2	947
SWC_082	Swan	Swan Coastal	Woodvale Nature Reserve	1	38
SWC_083	Swan	Swan Coastal	Ledge Point	2	1551
SWC_084	Swan	Swan Coastal	Lowlands	1	1369	1310
SWC_085	Swan	Swan Coastal	Gnangara SF	2	1652
SWC_086	Swan	Swan Coastal	Guilderton UCL	1	4130
SWC_087	Swan	Swan Coastal	Pinjar / Yanchep hardwood islands	2	2236	0
SWC_088	Swan	Swan Coastal	Melaleuca Park State Forest	2	3191
SWC_090	Swan	Swan Coastal	Harrisdale Swamp, Jandakot Regional Park	2	111
SWC_091	Swan	Swan Coastal	Leda	2	710	437
DON_006	Warren	Donnelly	Giblett	1	661	649
DON_019	Warren	Donnelly	Diamond	3	397	87
DON_028	Warren	Donnelly	Cascades	1	1852	256
DON_058	Warren	Donnelly	Curtin	2	2727	2697
DON_065	Warren	Donnelly	Dingup	1	411
DON_068	Warren	Donnelly	Quinninup	2	288
DON_073	Warren	Donnelly	Cardac/Yeticup	2	1810
DON_081	Warren	Donnelly	Hawke	1	1048	1043
DON_102	Warren	Donnelly	Quillben	1	2042
DON_103	Warren	Donnelly	Jane	2	1432	1425
DON_106	Warren	Donnelly	Dombakup	1	3021	902
DON_107	Warren	Donnelly	Mersea/Yardup	2	817
DON_109	Warren	Donnelly	Kin Kin	1	144
DON_111	Warren	Donnelly	Chudalup	2	8170	7956	5560
DON_112	Warren	Donnelly	Smith Brook	1	45
DON_120	Warren	Donnelly	Lake Muir	2	2423	2105	496
DON_123	Warren	Donnelly	Boyicup/Camelar	2	2184	2177
DON_125	Warren	Donnelly	Cosy Creek	3	98
DON_126	Warren	Donnelly	Murtin	1	132
DON_129	Warren	Donnelly	Kinkin	1	2466
DON_134	Warren	Donnelly	Dingup	1	1165
DON_137	Warren	Donnelly	Solai	1	1883
DON_140	Warren	Donnelly	Easter	1	5231	1616
DON_142	Warren	Donnelly	Big Brook	1	819
DON_143	Warren	Donnelly	Treen Brook	1	798	0
DON_144	Warren	Donnelly	Talling	2	4282	4232	15
DON_145	Warren	Donnelly	Channybearup	1	729
DON_146	Warren	Donnelly	Tonebridge	2	1247	1234
DON_147	Warren	Donnelly	Carter	2	2192
DON_148	Warren	Donnelly	Faunadale	3	24	24
DON_151	Warren	Donnelly	Bolbelup	3	1561
PHS_233	Swan	Perth Hills	Pindalup Road	1	5510
PHS_234	Swan	Perth Hills	Woondowing NR 4	2	332	331
PHS_235	Swan	Perth Hills	Sawyers 2	2	1533
PHS_236	Swan	Perth Hills	Banyowla RP 3	2	51
PHS_237	Swan	Perth Hills	Mundy RP 4	2	27
PHS_238	Swan	Perth Hills	Kalamunda NP 2	1	717	671
PHS_239	Swan	Perth Hills	Beechina South NR	2	90	56
PHS_240	Swan	Perth Hills	Munyerring_Gorringe	2	3116
PHS_241	Swan	Perth Hills	Bald Hill	2	2185	1884
PHS_242	Swan	Perth Hills	John Forrest NP 1	2	133	130
PHS_243	Swan	Perth Hills	Wandering 1	3	2275
PHS_244	Swan	Perth Hills	Lupton 3	3	3882	3837
PHS_245	Swan	Perth Hills	Nanga	1	1411
PHS_246	Swan	Perth Hills	Teesdale 3	1	1307	507
PHS_248	Swan	Perth Hills	Sawyers 3	2	1628
PHS_249	Swan	Perth Hills	Metro Road	1	2838
PHS_250	Swan	Perth Hills	Carinyah_Occidental_Lesley	1	6348	21
PHS_251	Swan	Perth Hills	Canning Reservoir	1	8108	387
PHS_252	Swan	Perth Hills	Balmoral_Cobiac	1	10596
PHS_253	Swan	Perth Hills	Pickering Brook	1	621	553
PHS_254	Swan	Perth Hills	Bannister 2	1	12632
PHS_255	Swan	Perth Hills	Plavins	1	4901	2970
PHS_256	Swan	Perth Hills	Murray River Fireline	1	6278
PHS_257	Swan	Perth Hills	Whittaker 2	2	1740
SWC_010	Swan	Swan Coastal	Moore River Nature Reserve	2	23665	21883
SWC_012	Swan	Swan Coastal	Twin Swamps Nature Reserve	2	154	154	107
SWC_016	Swan	Swan Coastal	Len Howard CP	2	57	55	55
SWC_017	Swan	Swan Coastal	Treasure State Forest	2	610
SWC_021	Swan	Swan Coastal	Neerabup National Park	1	2168	1063
SWC_033	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yalgorup NP 1	1	11703	11482	3567
SWC_034	Swan	Swan Coastal	Austin Bay Nature Reserve	1	123	122	120
SWC_035	Swan	Swan Coastal	Woodman Point Regional Park	2	48	48
SWC_036	Swan	Swan Coastal	Paganoni Regional Park	3	736
SWC_038	Swan	Swan Coastal	RAAF 2	2	10605
SWC_040	Swan	Swan Coastal	Koolijerrenup Nature Reserve	1	1334	1112	502
SWC_043	Swan	Swan Coastal	Wanneroo Shooting Complex	2	409
SWC_044	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yellagonga Regional Park	3	879	476	595
SWC_046	Swan	Swan Coastal	Red Gully reserves 1	2	6599	1502	184
SWC_047	Swan	Swan Coastal	Caraban State Forest 4	1	10008	2772
SWC_048	Swan	Swan Coastal	Caraban State Forest 2	2	3172	0
SWC_051	Swan	Swan Coastal	Moore River State Forest 1	2	10356
SWC_052	Swan	Swan Coastal	Yeal 1	2	16174	10746
SWC_054	Swan	Swan Coastal	Nabaroo Proposed National Park	2	4406	96
SWC_058	Swan	Swan Coastal	Boonanarring	1	13036	9154	2
SWC_062	Swan	Swan Coastal	Acourt Block, Jandakot Regional Park	1	283
SWC_063	Swan	Swan Coastal	Modong Nature Reserve	3	156	156
SWC_064	Swan	Swan Coastal	Wandi Nature Reserve, Jandakot Regional Park	2	761	30
SWC_065	Swan	Swan Coastal	Rockingham Lakes Regional Park	2	1297
SWC_066	Swan	Swan Coastal	Maralla 1	2	1809	276
SWC_069	Swan	Swan Coastal	Hamel Nursery	2	58
PHS_030	Swan	Perth Hills	Mundaring Weir	2	888	448
PHS_032	Swan	Perth Hills	Glen Forrest UCL	2	48	4
PHS_050	Swan	Perth Hills	Huntly Heaps Prescription	3	22501	22
PHS_051	Swan	Perth Hills	Willowdale Heaps Prescription	3	17602	2974
PHS_062	Swan	Perth Hills	Lane Poole Recreation Precinct	3	2883	25
PHS_076	Swan	Perth Hills	Rugged Hills	2	231	93
PHS_077	Swan	Perth Hills	Iopolo NR	2	1156	162
PHS_081	Swan	Perth Hills	Kwolyinine NR	2	553	541
PHS_089	Swan	Perth Hills	Banyowla RP 4	3	48
PHS_102	Swan	Perth Hills	Mount Byroomanning	3	189	180
PHS_106	Swan	Perth Hills	Jarrahdale Townsite	2	5723	1286
PHS_110	Swan	Perth Hills	Churchman Brook RP 3	2	149	0
PHS_112	Swan	Perth Hills	Wandering 4	2	472
PHS_116	Swan	Perth Hills	John Forrest NP 4	1	698	698
PHS_123	Swan	Perth Hills	Churchman Brook RP 4	2	220
PHS_125	Swan	Perth Hills	Karnet NR	1	425	286
PHS_138	Swan	Perth Hills	Wungong RP 2	2	287
PHS_141	Swan	Perth Hills	Marrinup 2	2	1895
PHS_144	Swan	Perth Hills	Strange Road & Brookton Highway NR	3	557	552
PHS_147	Swan	Perth Hills	Tumlo	1	5259
PHS_149	Swan	Perth Hills	Waroona 2	2	546
PHS_152	Swan	Perth Hills	Talbot	2	427	414
PHS_158	Swan	Perth Hills	Turner	1	2060
PHS_160	Swan	Perth Hills	Park 1	2	1192	201
PHS_169	Swan	Perth Hills	Farley Road	1	29
PHS_176	Swan	Perth Hills	Victoria 1	2	195	170
PHS_178	Swan	Perth Hills	Greenmount NP 3	2	30	28
PHS_179	Swan	Perth Hills	Zamia	2	131	130
PHS_184	Swan	Perth Hills	White	1	5610
PHS_195	Swan	Perth Hills	Munyerring_Fauls_Gallager	1	2787	425
PHS_198	Swan	Perth Hills	Whittaker 1	1	805
PHS_200	Swan	Perth Hills	Inglehope	1	2988
PHS_202	Swan	Perth Hills	Park 2	1	836	434
PHS_203	Swan	Perth Hills	Dwellingup Townsite	1	3430
PHS_206	Swan	Perth Hills	Banyowla RP 6	2	22
PHS_207	Swan	Perth Hills	Nockine	2	86
PHS_210	Swan	Perth Hills	Kalamunda Block 2	2	421	412
PHS_212	Swan	Perth Hills	Welshpool Road	2	84	1
PHS_214	Swan	Perth Hills	Reservoir	1	3804	182
PHS_215	Swan	Perth Hills	Illawarra	2	117	47
PHS_217	Swan	Perth Hills	Serpentine Pipehead Dam	1	975	933
PHS_218	Swan	Perth Hills	Bannister	1	3022
PHS_223	Swan	Perth Hills	Amphion 1	2	974
PHS_224	Swan	Perth Hills	Clare	1	9784
PHS_225	Swan	Perth Hills	Nockine_Qualen_Dale	1	13014	1805
PHS_228	Swan	Perth Hills	Victoria 2	1	649	644
PHS_229	Swan	Perth Hills	Churchman 2	2	732
PHS_230	Swan	Perth Hills	Cooke	1	3005

† Defined as land with a legislated category of National Park, Conservation Park or Nature Reserve.

* Only applies in the Walpole Wilderness Area

Sources:
DBCA Burn Options Program (DBCA-007), <https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dbca-annual-indicative-burn-program>, 13 August 2023.

Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - Western Australia (DBCA-045), <https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/directory-of-important-wetlands-in-western-australia>, 20 August 2021.

Walpole Wilderness Peat Wetlands - Unreviewed (DBCA-042), <https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/walpole-wilderness-peat-wetlands-unreviewed>, 20 August 2021.

DBCA - Legislated Lands and Waters (DBCA-011), <https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dbca-legislated-lands-and-waters>, 5 June 2023.