This section of Ben Bullen State forest was burnt by RFS backburning on 17 December 2019. A Total Fire Ban was in place until 21 December 2019. There was an almost pure stand of Black Gum in this area and other areas of Ben Bullen State Forest. This was a Crown Fire that scorched all of the leaves. There is some resprouting at the base of trunks, and epicormic shoots on some trunks of burnt trees.