Attachment C - Bushfire attack level report

Bushfire Attack Level Report v1                                                                       NCES REF: J000756
Lot 17 on RP903874 – 268 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba




4.2 Vegetation Types and slope
The observed relevant AS 3959:2018 vegetation types adjacent to the build site and their
underlying effective slopes for the proposed works are described in Table 1.
Table 1 – Vegetation Types and Slope surrounding the location of works

 Direction       North                     South                     East                      West
 Vegetation      Type A - Forest           Type A - Forest           Type A - Forest           Type A - Forest
 Type
 Vegetation      Canopy –                  Canopy –                  Canopy –                  Canopy –
 Description     Eucalyptus                Eucalyptus                Eucalyptus                Eucalyptus cloeziana
                 cloeziana (Gympie         cloeziana (Gympie         cloeziana (Gympie         (Gympie messmate),
                 messmate),                messmate),                messmate),                Lophostemon
                 Lophostemon               Eucalyptus grandis        Lophostemon               confertus
                 confertus                 (flooded gum),            confertus                 (Brushbox),E.
                 (Brushbox),E.             Lophostemon               (Brushbox),E.             microcorys
                 microcorys                confertus                 microcorys                (tallowwood)
                 (tallowwood)              (Brushbox)                (tallowwood)              Corymbia intermedia
                 Corymbia                                            Corymbia                  (pink bloodwood).
                 intermedia (pink                                    intermedia (pink
                 bloodwood).                                         bloodwood).
                                                                                               Mid-canopy –
                 Mid-canopy –              Mid-canopy –              Mid-canopy –
                                                                                               Backhousia
                 Backhousia                Backhousia                Backhousia
                                                                                               myrtifolia (plum
                 myrtifolia (plum          myrtifolia (plum          myrtifolia (plum
                                                                                               myrtle), Syzygium
                 myrtle), Syzygium         myrtle), Syzygium         myrtle), Syzygium
                                                                                               australe (lilly pilly).
                 australe (lilly pilly).   australe (lilly pilly).   australe (lilly pilly).
                                                                                               Understorey –
                 Understorey –             Understorey –             Understorey –
                                                                                               Lomandra hystrix
                 Lomandra hystrix          Lomandra hystrix          Lomandra hystrix
                                                                                               (Spiky matrush),
                 (Spiky matrush),          (Spiky matrush),          (Spiky matrush),
                                                                                               Cordyline rubra (Lion
                 Cordyline rubra           Cordyline rubra           Cordyline rubra
                                                                                               palm) Eupomatia
                 (Lion palm)               (Lion palm)               (Lion palm)
                                                                                               laurina (bolwarra),
                 Eupomatia laurina         Eupomatia laurina         Eupomatia laurina
                                                                                               Adiantum hispidulum
                 (bolwarra),               (bolwarra),               (bolwarra),
                                                                                               (maidenhair fern)
                 Adiantum                  Adiantum                  Adiantum
                                                                                               and Smilax australis
                 hispidulum                hispidulum                hispidulum
                                                                                               (barbed wire vine)
                 (maidenhair fern)         (maidenhair fern)         (maidenhair fern)
                 and Smilax australis      and Smilax                and Smilax
                 (barbed wire vine)        australis (barbed         australis (barbed
                                           wire vine)                wire vine)


 QFES 2019       8.1 Wet Eucalypt          8.1 Wet Eucalypt          8.1 Wet Eucalypt          8.1 Wet Eucalypt tall
 Vegetation      tall open forest          tall open forest          tall open forest          open forest
 Hazard
                 Combined Surface          Combined Surface          Combined Surface          Combined Surface
 Class and
                 fuels 31 t/ha             fuels 31 t/ha             fuels 31 t/ha             fuels 31 t/ha
 fuels loads
                 Total Fuels 35 t/ha       Total Fuels 35 t/ha       Total Fuels 35 t/ha       Total Fuels 35 t/ha
 Underlying      Upslope 1⁰                Downslope 12⁰             Downslope 10⁰             Upslope 1⁰
 Effective
 Slope
Plate 3 depicts the site location and the surrounding vegetated conditions.




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