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Ridgeview Station
Lot 2 on SP204817

Parish of Coominglah · Mundubbera QLD 4626 · Burnett Region
01 March 2025
15 March 2025
3,847 ha
Freehold
North Burnett RC
QLD Agri Finance Pty Ltd
MANIFEST-2025-QLD-00412 · v1.0 · This artifact describes evidence only. It is not an assessment, rating or recommendation.

What this document is: A structured package of environmental evidence for the property above, anchored to the stated date. All data is sourced from official government and authoritative public datasets. This artifact does not include interpretation, scoring, risk assessment or regulatory advice.

0.61
mean · whole property
68%
of total area
42 ha
1.1% of property
14.2 km
to nearest boundary
1
Property boundary
[1] QSpatial · QLD Globe
Field Value Status
Lot/Plan Lot 2 on SP204817 Confirmed
Area (cadastral) 3,847.2 ha Matched to title
Coordinate system GDA2020 · MGA Zone 55
Boundary source QSpatial cadastral layer · retrieved 01 Mar 2025
Attached file boundary_SP204817.geojson GeoJSON
2
Land use classification
[2] ABARES · Land Use of Australia
Class Area (ha) Share Code
Grazing modified pastures 2,104 ha 54.7% 3.3.0
Grazing native vegetation 1,521 ha 39.5% 3.2.0
Remnant native cover 185 ha 4.8% 1.1.0
Infrastructure / other 37 ha 1.0% 5.x.x
Source dataset: ABARES Land Use of Australia Version 9, 2020–21. ALUM classification system. Intersected with property boundary.
3
Vegetation cover — NDVI time series
[3] DEA · Landsat Annual Summaries
2019 NDVI mean 0.54
Dry season composite · 2019
Mean NDVI: 0.54  ·  Woody cover: 61%
2024 NDVI mean 0.61
Dry season composite · 2024
Mean NDVI: 0.61  ·  Woody cover: 68%
Mean NDVI change (2019 → 2025) +0.07 (+13.0%)
Area of detected canopy reduction (≥0.15 NDVI drop) since 2015 42.3 ha (1.1% of property)
Composites derived from Landsat 8/9 Collection 3 annual summaries via DEA STAC API. Dry season window: April–October. Pixel resolution: 25m. No cloud-masking anomalies detected for the evidence date.
4
Regulated vegetation overlays
[4] QLD DNRM · PMAV · VMA
High Value Agriculture (HVA)
Area within property: 1,840 ha (47.8%) · Class A protected
Intersects
Category B — Endangered regional ecosystem
Area within property: 97 ha (2.5%) · Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) dominant
Intersects
Category C — Not of concern
Area within property: 610 ha (15.9%)
Intersects
Prescribed waterway buffers
No prescribed waterway buffers mapped within property
Not present
Source: QLD Property Map of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV), current at 01 Jan 2025. Regional ecosystem mapping v12.0.
5
Protected areas — proximity
[5] DCCEEW · CAPAD 2024
Protected area IUCN category Distance to boundary
Cania Gorge National Park II — National Park 14.2 km (SE)
Bania National Park II — National Park 38.1 km (NE)
Isla Gorge National Park II — National Park 51.7 km (N)
No CAPAD-listed area directly intersects the property boundary. Distances are Euclidean (straight-line) to nearest boundary polygon. Source: CAPAD 2024, accessed via DCCEEW.
6
Climate context indicators
[6] BOM · [7] ABARES
Indicator Value Reference period
Mean annual rainfall 621 mm 1991–2020 BOM climatological normal
Rainfall decile (2024) Decile 6 (above average) BOM Annual Climate Summary 2024
Drought status (Mar 2025) Not drought-affected ABARES DroughtHub, Mar 2025
Historical drought frequency 2.4 significant events per decade BOM 1970–2020 gridded analysis
Köppen climate zone BSh — Hot semi-arid (steppe) BOM climate classification

Data sources and citations

[1]Queensland Spatial Catalogue (QSpatial). Queensland Property Location Browser / QLD Globe. Cadastral layer. Queensland Department of Resources. Retrieved 01 March 2025. https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au
[2]ABARES (2023). Land Use of Australia Version 9, 2020–21. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Canberra. ALUM classification system v8. https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use
[3]Digital Earth Australia (DEA). Landsat Annual GeoMAD (Geometric Median and Median Absolute Deviation). Collection 3. Geoscience Australia. Accessed via DEA STAC API. https://explorer.dea.ga.gov.au
[4]Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM). Property Map of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV). Regional Ecosystem mapping v12.0, current 01 January 2025. https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farming-fishing-forestry/agriculture/vegetation-management
[5]DCCEEW (2024). Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/nrs/science/capad
[6]Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Australian climatological normals 1991–2020; Annual Climate Summary 2024; Köppen climate classification. http://www.bom.gov.au
[7]ABARES DroughtHub. Drought conditions monitor, March 2025. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/droughthub
MANIFEST-2025-QLD-00412 · v1.0 · Generated 15 March 2025 Grounded Data Evidence artifact. Not an assessment or recommendation.