Moreton Bay Regional Council Flood Hazard Overlay Map

Flood Hazard Overlay data from the Moreton Bay Regional Council Planning Scheme, version dated 20 June 2016. This statutory document regulates land use and development by identifying areas subject to flood hazards, creek, river, and inundation risks.

Use Cases

• Identify properties affected by Flood Hazard Overlays to assess development restrictions for building or subdivision.
• Analyze spatial patterns of flood risk from creek and river inundation across the Moreton Bay Region for hazard planning.
• Cross-reference Overlay maps with property boundaries to determine parcels subject to multiple planning scheme constraints.

Strengths

• Data is part of a statutory planning scheme, providing legal authority for land-use regulation.
• Covers the consolidated Moreton Bay Region, replacing three former council planning schemes.
• Available in multiple GIS formats including GeoJSON, KML, and CSV for interoperability.

Limitations

• Dataset version is from 2016, potentially outdated for current flood risk assessment.
• Specific attribute fields and column schema are not documented in the provided input.
• Sample data and total feature count (rows) are unavailable to gauge dataset scale.

Provenance

Source

City of Moreton Bay's Data Hub, author moretonbaygis.

Collection Method

Published as part of the statutory MBRC Planning Scheme under Queensland Planning Provisions.

Time Range

Planning scheme version dated 20 June 2016.

Freshness

Metadata indicates a last update in 2026, but the core data version is from 2016.

Geography

Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.