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Wetland mapping — Esk 100K map tile — 9343

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Esk - 9343

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Area profile

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Wetland observations

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Wetland extents info metadata

Based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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Esk 100K map tile wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 13,874 100.0% 5.1%
Artificial and highly modified 3,371 24.3% 1.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 136 1.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 592 4.3% 0.2%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 58 0.4% 0.0%
Riverine 9,717 70.0% 3.5%
Esk 100K map tile wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 649 100.0% 0.2%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 0 0.0% 0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 119 18.3% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 29 4.5% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 501 77.2% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0.0% 0.0%

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.

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Wetland extent changes

Esk 100K map tile wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
pre-clear area
(ha)
2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 13,874 13,873 13,850 13,854 13,859 13,843 14,824 * 70.9%
Artificial and highly modified 3,371 3,364 3,332 3,321 3,283 3,242 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 136 136 136 136 136 136 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 592 592 594 594 599 599 1,768 33.5%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 58 58 58 58 58 58 0 n/a
Riverine 9,717 9,723 9,730 9,745 9,783 9,808 13,056 74.4%

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

Esk 100K map tile wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
Total 649 649 650 650 656 656
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 119 119 120 120 123 123
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 29 29 29 29 29 29
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 501 501 501 501 503 503
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Esk 100K map tile land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 274,342 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 196,908 71.8%
1.3 Other minimal use 22,486 8.2%
1.1 Nature conservation 13,280 4.8%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 10,017 3.7%
2.2 Production native forests 5,540 2.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 5,089 1.9%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 3,951 1.4%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 3,738 1.4%
3.1 Plantation forests 3,561 1.3%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 2,151 0.8%
1.2 Managed resource protection 1,851 0.7%
3.3 Cropping 1,024 0.4%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 981 0.4%
5.5 Services 743 0.3%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 698 0.3%
6.3 River 650 0.2%
5.8 Mining 415 0.2%
5.2 Intensive animal production 296 0.1%
5.7 Transport and communication 261 0.1%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests 241 0.1%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 178 0.1%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 78 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 74 0.0%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 64 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 23 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 19 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 14 0.0%
3.5 Seasonal horticulture 7 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 2 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 2,209 387 295 63 2,596
Animals 722 34 189 40 756
Mammals 79 13 2 9 92
Birds 355 9 71 25 364
Reptiles 93 1 7 3 94
Amphibians 35 1 16 2 36
Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Ray-finned fishes 32 7 39 0 39
Insects 121 3 53 0 124
Malacostracans 4 0 0 0 4
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Snails 1 0 0 0 1
Bacteria 2 0 0 0 2
Fungi 226 0 0 0 226
Plants 1,259 353 106 23 1,612

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI 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.

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wetland mapping — Esk 100K map tile — 9343, WetlandInfo website, accessed 26 March 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/tile-100k-esk/