Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 - 48-59 Kabi Road COOTHARABA

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                              NCES REF: J001061
Lot 7 on RP216403, Lot 394 on M371117, and Lot 650 on M37380 – 48-59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba



3.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes
The following vegetation hazard classes (classified in accordance with QFES (2019)) were identified
within the assessment area which includes a 150m buffer surrounding the site:
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 2.1 – Complex to simple, semi-deciduous mesophyll to notophyll
           vine forest;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 – Wet eucalypt tall open forest;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 9.1 – Moist to dry eucalypt open forests on coastal lowlands and
           ranges;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 22.1 – Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowlands
           coastal swamps;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 24.1 – Acacia open forest on residuals;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 36.1 – Exotic & hardwood plantation;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 – Low to moderate tree cover in built-up areas; and
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 43.6 – Water bodies or very low vegetation cover.
Plan No. BF01 – Vegetation Hazard Classes depicts the VHC distribution across the assessment
area with the characteristics of the observed vegetation hazard classes described thereafter.




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