Port Fairy Coastal Hazard Assessment for Salient Loss Risk

A 2026 dataset from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action identifies areas along the Port Fairy coastline potentially affected by salient loss, a coastal hazard not fully quantifiable with standard engineering techniques. The data was derived using the surrounding beach alignment as a proxy for the shoreline's natural position after such an event. Detailed assumptions and limitations are documented in project reports on the Our Coast website.

Use Cases

• Modeling potential shoreline retreat based on the described beach alignment methodology.
• Informing coastal development and zoning decisions using identified hazard extents.
• Assessing long-term erosion and infrastructure risk for the Port Fairy coastal environment.
• Supporting environmental impact studies related to salient loss scenarios.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF) for compatibility.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.
• Last updated on 2026-04-09, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes the hazard cannot be fully quantified with desktop techniques, implying modeling uncertainty.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (data_gov_au).

Collection Method

Derived from the Port Fairy Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) using surrounding beach alignment as a proxy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:54:25.860496; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Port Fairy coastal environment, Australia.