Floodplain Management Plans for New South Wales

Floodplain Management Plans is a geospatial dataset published on 28/08/2024 and last updated in May 2026. It contains hosted feature layers detailing floodplain management plans for the state of New South Wales, Australia, using the GDA94 spatial reference system. The data is openly accessible via an API and is managed by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water.

Use Cases

• Assessing flood risk for property development based on official management plan boundaries.
• Integrating floodplain data into regional environmental planning and GIS systems via the provided API.
• Supporting emergency management and community resilience strategies with current floodplain information.

Strengths

• Data is openly accessible under a Creative Commons license, facilitating reuse.
• Spatial reference system (GDA94) is explicitly defined, ensuring interoperability.
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au signals official importance and availability.

Limitations

• Column names and schema are unknown, limiting understanding of specific attributes.
• Row count, dataset size, and specific license details are not provided in the sources.
• Metadata completeness is noted as pending, which may affect documentation quality.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

Collection Method

Hosted feature layer served via an ArcGIS REST API, migrated from a previous SEED service.

Time Range

Publication date is 28/08/2024; no specific temporal coverage for the plan contents is provided.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-05-28 according to one source, with data currency noted as 28/08/2024.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia