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Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchmentAccess 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
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| System | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,331 | 100.0% | 3.3% |
| Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine | 1,099 | 47.1% | 1.5% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 1,099 | 47.1% | 1.5% |
| 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) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 1,232 | 52.9% | 1.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 9 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 1,090 | 46.8% | 1.5% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 1,232 | 52.9% | 1.7% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| No habitats in this region | 0 | 100.0% | 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.
Wetland extent changes
| 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 | 2,331 | 2,331 | 2,326 | 2,324 | 2,324 | 2,324 | 1,486 | * 82.9% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 1,099 | 1,099 | 1,094 | 1,091 | 1,091 | 1,091 | 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 1,232 | 1,232 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,486 | 82.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 (artificial) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 1,090 | 1,090 | 1,086 | 1,086 | 1,086 | 1,086 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 1,232 | 1,232 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,486 | 82.9% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
View 2019 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View 2017 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View 2013 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View 2009 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View 2005 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View 2001 wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
View pre-clear wetland system extents for all Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
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.
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
| ALUMC code and description | Area (ha) | % total area |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 71,090 | 100.0% |
| 2.2 Production native forests | 24,825 | 34.9% |
| 2.2.0 Production native forests | 24,825 | 34.9% |
| 2.1 Grazing native vegetation | 23,829 | 33.5% |
| 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation | 23,829 | 33.5% |
| 1.3 Other minimal use | 13,247 | 18.6% |
| 1.3.0 Other minimal use | 11 | 0.0% |
| 1.3.3 Residual native cover | 13,237 | 18.6% |
| 1.2 Managed resource protection | 6,989 | 9.8% |
| 1.2.0 Managed resource protection | 6,989 | 9.8% |
| 6.2 Reservoir/dam | 996 | 1.4% |
| 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam | 996 | 1.4% |
| 4.3 Irrigated cropping | 496 | 0.7% |
| 4.3.5 Irrigated sugar | 496 | 0.7% |
| 6.3 River | 409 | 0.6% |
| 6.3.0 River | 409 | 0.6% |
| 1.1 Nature conservation | 108 | 0.2% |
| 1.1.3 National park | 108 | 0.2% |
| 6.5 Marsh/wetland | 103 | 0.1% |
| 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland | 103 | 0.1% |
| 5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure | 30 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture | 13 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure | 17 | 0.0% |
| 5.9 Waste treatment and disposal | 27 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.2 Landfill | 27 | 0.0% |
| 5.6 Utilities | 13 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission | 13 | 0.0% |
| 3.1 Plantation forests | 11 | 0.0% |
| 3.1.0 Plantation forests | 11 | 0.0% |
| 5.8 Mining | 8 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.2 Quarries | 8 | 0.0% |
| 5.7 Transport and communication | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.2 Roads | < 1 | 0.0% |
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Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
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Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Framework for the assessment of river and wetland health (FARWH) – Queensland trials
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Wetland projects
- A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
- Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
- 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
- Corio Bay Restoration
- Emu Park Community Bushcare Group Coastal Vegetation and Wetlands Protection Project
- Fencing Wetlands and Riparian Zones on Wedderburn
- Feral Pig Control on the Stanage Peninsula
- Fitzroy Water Quality
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Plan
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Program ‘FB NAP PAP 01’ Final Report December 2004
- Improved on-farm soil and nutrient management practices
- Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program
- Kinka Wetlands
- Kinka Wetlands Quarry Rehabilitation
- Landscape Resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- MW QNRM 01
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2016–17)
- Protecting the Values of Our Ramsar Wetlands Shoalwater/Corio Bay
- Ramsar Area Pig and Weed Control 2014-15
- Ramsar Wetlands (DEEDI) CfOC
- Ramsar Wetlands (GA) CfOC
- Systems repair in the Lower Burdekin
- Virtual Bus Tour: Conjunctive use dewatering bore to address a rising groundwater problem
- Virtual Bus Tour: Controlled traffic farming on a best management practice farm
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure overhead irrigation for water use efficiency
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Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
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Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
- HEV2342 (HEV)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Creek |
2007 | Bypass | Middle Creek |
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 1,432 | 275 | 142 | 28 | 1,717 |
| Animals | 397 | 12 | 75 | 17 | 409 |
| Mammals | 51 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 57 |
| Birds | 237 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 239 |
| Reptiles | 61 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 61 |
| Amphibians | 23 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Insects | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Malacostracans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fungi | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Plants | 1,013 | 263 | 67 | 11 | 1,286 |
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.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wqip-blacks-creek-mackay-whitsunday/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation