NSW Bushfire Prone Land Map with Vegetation Categories and Buffers

A map prepared and certified by the Commissioner of NSW RFS under Section 10.3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The dataset designates areas of higher bushfire risk for development control, categorizing vegetation and applying buffers. It is provided as an ARCGIS REST SERVICE by Spatial Services (DCS) and was last updated on 2026-05 04.

Use Cases

• Risk assessment for property development based on designated bushfire-prone land polygons.
• Land-use planning and zoning based on vegetation categories and buffer distances.
• Modeling potential bushfire spread and impact based on vegetation classification.
• Historical analysis of bushfire risk mapping changes based on the certification guide version.

Strengths

• Legislatively mandated and certified by the NSW RFS Commissioner, providing official status.
• Includes specific buffer distances (100m for Category 1, 30m for Categories 2 & 3) and HEX color codes for visualization.
• Tracks the version of the mapping guide used for certification, allowing for temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), certified by the Commissioner of NSW RFS.

Collection Method

Mapping prepared in accordance with the Guide for Bush Fire Prone Land Mapping.

Time Range

Certification dates linked to mapping guide versions, with legislative context from August 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 04:14:30.756548; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia, mapped within local government areas.