ACT Urban Lakes and Ponds with Ownership and Surface Area

A polygon dataset shows the locations of Urban Bio Retention Basins, Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands in the Australian Capital Territory. Assets are owned or managed by City Services and Parks and Conservation Service, with attributes including location description, suburb, ownership, maintained by, asset sub type, and surface area. The dataset is maintained by the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue and was last updated on 2026-04-04.

Use Cases

• Map urban water bodies based on asset sub type (Bio Retention Basin, Urban Lake, etc.)
• Analyze public asset distribution based on suburb and ownership attributes
• Calculate water surface area coverage based on the surface area field

Strengths

• Includes ownership and management details for assets owned by City Services and Parks and Conservation Service
• Attributes include asset sub type and surface area
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GPKG, GEOJSON, and KML

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Assets managed privately or by other government bodies may not be included

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Captured and maintained in the asset database through the works as executed (WAE) handover process or field audits.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:57:09.159759; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australian Capital Territory