CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
305 Williams Street ~ Hendersonville, NC ~ 28792
Phone (828) 697-3064 ~ Fax (828) 697-3089
www.cityofhendersonville.org
Date of last inspection
TREE MAINTENANCE AND HAZARD EVALUATION FORM
Date
Inspector
Crown class:
Site Location/Address
Owner
Public Private
TREE CHARACTERISTICS
Species
DBH # of trunks
Live crown ratio %
Height Spread
Form:
generally symmetric minor asymmetry major asymmetry
dominant co-dominant
Age class:
young semi-mature mature
Pruning history:
crown cleaned
crown reduced
excessively trimmed topped crown raised
nonemultiple pruning events
TREE HEALTH
Foliage color:
normal abnormal normal
Foliage density:
sparse
normal small
Leaf size: Annual shoot growth:
Major pests/diseases:
excellent average poor
Twig Dieback
Growth obstruction:
wire/ties curb/pavementcablessignsstakes guards
Other
HAZARD RATING:
______+______+______=______
Failure + Size + Target = Hazard
Potential of part Rating Rating
_______ Immediate action needed
_______ Needs further inspection
_______ Dead tree
SITE CONDITIONS
Site Character:
residence industrialcommercial woodlandsnaturalopen spacepark
Landscape type:
lawnmoundcontainerraised bedplanting strip wind breakshrub border
adequatenone
Irrigation:
inadequate excessive
Recent site disturbance?
% dripline paved:
% dripline w/fill soil
no construction soil disturbance grade change site clearing
0 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100%
Pavement lifted?
no yes
0 10-25% 50-75%25-50% 75%-100%
% dripline grade lowered:
0 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100%
no yes
Obstructions:
lights signage line-of-sight view overhead lines underground utilities
traffic adjacent veg.
Other
Special Value:
specimen heritage/historic wildlife
unusual
street tree
screen
protected by gov. agency
shade indigenous
Exposure to wind:
single tree
below canopy
above canopy
recently exposed
area prone to windthrow
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Degree lean from vertical
TARGET
Use under tree:
building parking traffic pedestrian recreationlandscape hardscape
small features utility lines
Can target by moved?
Can use be restricted?
no
no
yes
yes
Use
constantfrequentlyintermittentoccasionally
TREE DEFECTS
Suspect root rot: Mushroom/conk/bracket present
Exposed roots:
no noyes yes
severe lowmoderate
Soil heaving:
no yes yesno
Soil cracking:
HAZARD RATING
Tree part most likely to fail:
HAZARD RATING:
Failure potential: 1 - low, 2 - medium, 3 - high, 4 - severe
Size of part: 1 - ,6" (15 cm), 2 - 6-18" (15-45 cm)
3 - 18-30" (45-75 cm), 4 - 30" (75 cm)
Target rating: 1 - occasional use, 2 - intermittent use
3 - frequent use, 4 - constant use
Failure Potential
Size of Part
Target Rating
Total Rating
HAZARD ABATEMENT
TOTAL HAZARD RATING SYSTEM:
High Rick Rating 10-12: this rating should increase the urgency for removal.
Moderate Rick Rating 8-9: The current extent of these imperfections does not warrant the higher risk rating. Further
monitoring may be required to determine if trees in this category will continue to decline.
Low Risk Rating 1-7; These trees may continue to be viable assets to the urban forest provided their current level of
maintenance is continued.
Prune:
remove defective part reduce end weight crown clean raise canopy
crown reduce
thin
restructure shape
Remove tree:
yesno
Replace?
no yes
Move target:
no yes
governing agencymanagerowner
Notification:
Comments:
Rev. 8.10