Flood Extent and Hazard Data for Blacktown Catchment

Blacktown City Council provides flood extent polygons, hazard categories, and LiDAR data for a regional catchment area. The dataset includes flood level contours to map inundation risk. It was last updated on 2026-06-03.

Use Cases

• Model flood inundation scenarios based on flood extent polygons and level contours.
• Assess flood hazard risk for land-use planning based on categorized hazard data.
• Generate high-resolution terrain models for hydrological analysis based on LiDAR data.
• Define regional catchment boundaries for water management studies based on the study area.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geospatial data types: polygons, contours, and LiDAR.
• Published by a local government authority (Blacktown City Council) with local knowledge.
• Last updated on 2026-06-03, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Blacktown City Council

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 01:36:38.395761

Geography

Blacktown regional catchment area