|
|
Townsville Plains IBRA subregionAccess wetland mapping in PDF and KML format by selecting the desired 100K map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. For more detailed mapping, please download the boundary KML. Drag this bar to relocate the map on your screen Open WetlandMaps interactive map server
Catchment stories
|
| System | Area (km²) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,293.4 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 93.7 | 7.2% | 1.2% |
| Estuarine | 644.1 | 49.8% | 8.4% |
| Lacustrine | 7.8 | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| Palustrine | 195.5 | 15.1% | 2.6% |
| Riverine | 352.3 | 27.2% | 4.6% |
| Habitat | Area (km²) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,293.4 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities | 266.4 | 20.6% | 3.5% |
| Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes | 377.7 | 29.2% | 4.9% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp | 29.4 | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp | 0.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 12.7 | 1.0% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp | 152.9 | 11.8% | 2.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 0.7 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 7.1 | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) | 86.5 | 6.7% | 1.1% |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp | 0.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp | 3.6 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| (modified natural) Riverine | 3.3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 352.3 | 27.2% | 4.6% |
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Wetland extent changes
| System | 2017 area (km²) |
2013 area (km²) |
2009 area (km²) |
2005 area (km²) |
2001 area (km²) |
2017/pre-clear percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,293.4 | 1,293.1 | 1,292.1 | 1,291.0 | 1,290.9 | * 86.4% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 93.7 | 93.1 | 92.4 | 90.0 | 88.4 | n/a |
| Estuarine | 644.1 | 644.3 | 644.3 | 644.4 | 644.5 | 88.7% |
| Lacustrine | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 97.0% |
| Palustrine | 195.5 | 195.6 | 195.0 | 195.4 | 195.8 | 107.1% |
| Riverine | 352.3 | 352.6 | 352.8 | 353.7 | 354.7 | 75.9% |
* Total 2017/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
View 2017 wetland system extents for all IBRA subregions
View 2013 wetland system extents for all IBRA subregions
View 2009 wetland system extents for all IBRA subregions
View 2005 wetland system extents for all IBRA subregions
View 2001 wetland system extents for all IBRA subregions
View 2017/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all IBRA subregions
| Habitat | 2017 area (km²) |
2013 area (km²) |
2009 area (km²) |
2005 area (km²) |
2001 area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,293.4 | 1,293.0 | 1,292.1 | 1,291.0 | 1,290.9 |
| Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities | 266.4 | 266.4 | 266.4 | 266.4 | 266.4 |
| Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes | 377.7 | 377.8 | 377.9 | 378.0 | 378.1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp | 29.4 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp | 152.9 | 153.1 | 153.1 | 153.3 | 153.7 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) | 86.5 | 85.8 | 85.2 | 82.7 | 81.2 |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| (modified natural) Riverine | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Riverine | 352.3 | 352.6 | 352.8 | 353.7 | 354.7 |
View 2017 wetland habitat area for all IBRA subregions
View 2013 wetland habitat area for all IBRA subregions
View 2009 wetland habitat area for all IBRA subregions
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Grassland- Subtropical
- Tropical
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
IBRA bioregions
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
- Lucinda-Mackay Coast (LMC)
Marine provincial bioregions
- Northeast Shelf Province
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
- Abbot Point - Caley Valley
- Barrattas Channels Aggregation
- Bowling Green Bay
- Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation
- Burdekin Delta
- Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation
- Jerona Aggregation
- Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation
- RAAF Townsville
- Ross River Reservoir
- Southern Upstart Bay
- The Serpentine Aggregation
- Wongaloo Fans Aggregation
- Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation
National parks
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
Report cards
Conservation parks
- Abbot Bay Conservation Park
- Bolger Bay Conservation Park
- Bowling Green Bay Conservation Park
- Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
- Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park
- Horseshoe Lagoon Conservation Park
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 1
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 2
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
- Wongaloo Conservation Park
State forests
- Clemant State Forest
- Mingela State Forest
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
- Available (all have been combined since February 2012)
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
- Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
- Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
- Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
- Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
- Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
- Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
- Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
- Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Black Ross (Townsville) water quality improvement plan event monitoring
- Creek to Coral community monitoring
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Framework for the assessment of river and wetland health (FARWH) – Queensland trials
- Groundwater ambient network (GWAN) – water quality
- Groundwater water level network
- Long term historical trend water quality monitoring data
- Reef Plan paddock to reef integrated monitoring, modelling and reporting program (Paddock to Reef program)
- Queensland wetland mapping
- Stream and estuary assessment program (SEAP) – freshwater
- Surface water ambient network (SWAN) – water quality
- Surface water monitoring network
- The Lakes environmental and ecosystem health
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
- Barratta Creek wetlands
- Bioreactors for GBR - Cane
- Building resilience in the Burdekin grazing industry
- Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Regional Investment Strategy (RIS) 2004-2008 Final Report
- Burdekin Shire Council - Aquatic Weed Control
- Clean up Magnetic Island significant creeks and riparian areas
- Community-led coastal environmental inventory and monitoring program
- Coordinated regional pest and weed management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics
- Crooked Waterhole - restoration of Great Barrier Reef wetlands and coastal ecosystems
- Delivering Biodiversity Dividends for the Barratta Creek Catchment
- Healey’s Lagoon wetland rehabilitation
- Horseshoe Lagoon wetland rehabilitation
- Improving landscape resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program
- Landscape Resilience—Improving Coastal Wetland Ecosystems Through Improved Understanding of Best Irrigation Management Practice in the Lower Burdekin
- Landscape Resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2015–16)
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2016–17)
- Nutrient management in barramundi ponds
- On-farm wetland demonstration site–Lower Burdekin
- Prawn Farming - Productivity Trial
- Proof of Concept: determining the role of a constructed surface-flow treatment wetland system in improving water quality in the Barratta Creek Catchment
- Protecting and revitalising the natural and cultural aspects of the Juru Walk Precinct
- Restoring wetland function at Spotswood Lagoon
- Revitalising Estuaries: Jerona Bund
- Ross River Community weed control
- Sea Turtle Volunteer Stranding Response Coordination
- Serpentine wetland rehabilitation
- Stuart Creek wetland rehabilitation
- Sun Sun Prawn Aquaculture Farm rehabilitation
- Systems repair in the Lower Burdekin
- Townsville Riparian Revegetation Project
- Turning creek weeds into compost in the Lower Burdekin
- Virtual Bus Tour: Conjunctive use dewatering bore to address a rising groundwater problem
- West Haughton Denitrification Bioreactor
- Wetland habitat exotic aquatic weed control
- Whitsunday Integrated Pest Management to Protect Wetlands of National Significance
- Wongaloo-Bowling Green Bay Parks rehabilitation and management
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Water quality improvement plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
-
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
- SD2243 (SD)
- SD2244 (SD)
-
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
- HEV2222 (HEV)
- HEV2223 (HEV)
- HEV2224 (HEV)
- HEV2225 (HEV)
- SD2221 (SD)
-
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
- HEV2226 (HEV)
- SD2221 (SD)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aims Road 1 |
2010 | Culvert | Unnamed Creek |
| Aims Road 2 |
2010 | Culvert | Unnamed Creek |
| Alligator Creek Weir |
2011 | Rock Ramp | Alligator Creek |
| Beach Road |
Vertical slot | Kalamia Creek | |
| Castenlanelli's Rock Ramp |
Rock Ramp | ||
| Cislowski Road |
Vertical slot | Plantation Creek | |
| Clare Weir |
2009 | Mechanical | Burdekin River |
| Dick's Bank |
2009 | Vertical slot | Sheepstation Creek |
| Farm crossing rock ramp |
Rock Ramp | Saltwater Creek | |
| Five Ways |
2011 | Rock Ramp | Sheepstation Creek |
| Horseshoe Lagoon |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Horsehoe Creek |
| Inkerman Road |
Rock Ramp | Saltwater Creek | |
| Jacks Road |
2011 | Rock Ramp | Sheepstation Creek |
| Lilliesmere Bund |
Rock Ramp | Alva Creek | |
| Lilliesmere Road |
Vertical slot | Kalamia Creek | |
| McAllisters Road |
Rock Ramp | Plantation Creek | |
| Pyott's Lagoon |
Vertical slot | Kalamia Creek | |
| Rita Island |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Burdekin Ananbranch |
| Rocky New Road |
Vertical slot | Saltwater Creek | |
| Toll Road |
2011 | Vertical slot | Sheepstation Creek |
| Town Common |
2011 | Rock Ramp | Unnamed Creek |
| Town Common Ds |
2011 | Culvert | Unnamed Creek |
| University Creek |
2010 | Rock Ramp, Culvert | University Creek |
| Wills Crossing |
2011 | Culvert | Sheepstation Creek |
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 2593 | 374 | 411 | 65 | 2967 |
| Animals | 824 | 34 | 213 | 49 | 858 |
| Mammals | 88 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 102 |
| Birds | 431 | 9 | 95 | 24 | 440 |
| Reptiles | 155 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 157 |
| Amphibians | 31 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 56 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 63 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Insects | 54 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 55 |
| Malacostracans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bacteria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chromists | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Fungi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Plants | 1738 | 340 | 198 | 16 | 2078 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DES WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.
Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013) Townsville Plains IBRA subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2023. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/ibra-subregion-townsville-plains/
— Department of Environment and Science