Port Fairy Coastal Erosion and River Hazard Assessment for Victoria

The Port Fairy Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Port Fairy coastal environment. It identifies areas subject to coastal erosion and potential water course entrance stability processes. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated on 2026-04-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping coastal erosion hazard zones based on the described extent of coastal hazards.
• Assessing water course entrance stability processes in addition to ocean-based coastal setbacks.
• Informing land-use planning and development restrictions based on identified physical impacts.
• Supporting environmental impact studies for the Port Fairy coastal environment.

Strengths

• Provides specific hazard assessment for the Port Fairy coastal environment.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, MIF, SHP, GDB, etc.) for compatibility.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Users must read external project reports to understand the data's limitations.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) project, with detailed assumptions found in project reports on the Our Coast website.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 21:44:41.100696; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Port Fairy coastal environment, Victoria, Australia