Flood Disaster Recovery Areas in Eastern Australia March 2021

Local Government Areas declared for Category C disaster recovery funding following significant rainfall and flooding in March 2021. The dataset contains geospatial boundaries for activated LGAs in New South Wales and Southern Queensland. It was published by the National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping declared disaster LGAs using their geospatial boundaries to visualize the flood impact area.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of Category C DRFA activations to assess regional severity.
• Joining LGA boundary data with census or infrastructure datasets to profile affected communities.
• Creating temporal comparisons by overlaying this March 2021 activation with other disaster declarations.

Strengths

• Geospatial data available in multiple standard formats including GeoJSON and Shapefile.
• Clear licensing under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.
• Dataset was updated in April 2026, indicating potential maintenance.

Limitations

• No row count or sample data is available to assess the number of LGAs or features.
• Specific columns and attributes for each LGA are unknown, limiting analytical depth.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single event in March 2021.

Provenance

Source

National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency via data.gov.au.

Collection Method

Declared by government authorities under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Time Range

March 2021

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-04.

Geography

Local Government Areas in New South Wales and Southern Queensland, Australia.