Rockhampton Climate Hazard Maps for Current and Future Scenarios

Geoscience Australia produced spatial datasets modeling natural hazards for the Rockhampton Regional Council area under current and future climate conditions. The work considered tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise. Outputs include a technical report, hazard maps, and digital spatial data.

Use Cases

• Assess regional flood risk based on storm tide and sea-level rise modeling.
• Model bushfire hazard exposure for land use planning based on described fire modeling.
• Evaluate infrastructure vulnerability to tropical cyclone winds based on extreme wind hazard data.
• Plan coastal development setbacks based on coastal erosion and sea-level rise projections.

Strengths

• Modeling conducted by Geoscience Australia, a national geoscience agency.
• Covers multiple natural hazards: tropical cyclone wind, bushfire, storm tide, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise.
• Includes both current climate conditions and a future climate scenario.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Rockhampton, Australia.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, commissioned by Rockhampton Regional Council.

Collection Method

Natural hazard modeling techniques applied to develop spatial datasets.

Time Range

Current and a future climate scenario.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 20:08:51.251012; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rockhampton Regional Council area, Australia.