Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme: Historical Engineering and Flood Records

The Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, is covered by this collection of historical files related to flood mitigation. It is an Excel database indexing PDF and ZIP files containing engineering drawings, survey information, and flood data, maintained by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The collection was last updated on 2026-06-26.

Use Cases

• Study historical flood patterns and mitigation strategies based on the described flood information files.
• Analyze civil engineering designs for flood control based on the described engineering drawings.
• Conduct historical geographic analysis based on the described survey information.
• Catalog and reference historical infrastructure assets for restoration planning based on the described restoration files.

Strengths

• Files are organized into four specific categories (Floods, Information, Restoration, Surveys) for targeted access.
• An Excel index is provided to locate specific files within the associated ZIP archives.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and individual file sizes are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical project archives of the Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 06:39:38.723353; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia