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Wetland mapping — Mackay 100K map tile — 8755

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Mackay - 8755

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Page table of contents
KML mapping notes
Area profile
Catchment stories
Wetland observations
Wetland extents
Wetland extent changes
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
Drainage divisions
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
Climate zones
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
Marine provincial bioregions
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
National parks
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
Report cards
Conservation parks
State forests
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
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
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife

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KML mapping notes

  • The mapping provided here does not have legislative or statutory standing.
  • Line work doesn’t always match exactly with the underlying imagery due to scale differences, differences in the way the data was collected or changes to the landscape.
  • The wetland mapping was developed in a different geographic projection to the Google Earth imagery.
  • We hold no responsibility for what appears in the underlying imagery.
  • The KMLs are for general viewing and information purposes only and are not to be used for decision making or legislative purposes.
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Area profile

Name: Mackay
Area type: 100K map tile
Total area: 287,308 ha
% total Qld: 0.2%
Towns: Armstrong Beach, Bakers Creek, Balberra, Blacks Beach, Bucasia, Dawlish, Fairleigh, Half Tide, Hector, Mackay, Oonooie, Sarina, Sarina Beach, Slade Point, Walkerston, Zelma

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Catchment stories info

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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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Mackay 100K map tile wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 15,008 100.0% 5.2%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 13,240 88.2% 4.6%
Artificial and highly modified 706 4.7% 0.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 10,341 68.9% 3.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 38 0.3% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 9 0.1% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 21 0.1% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 1,770 11.8% 0.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 366 2.4% 0.1%
Riverine 1,756 11.7% 0.6%

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Mackay 100K map tile wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 12,511 100.0% 4.4%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 7,909 63.2% 2.8%
Salt marsh and salt flats 2,465 19.7% 0.9%
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 852 6.8% 0.3%
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 540 4.3% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 492 3.9% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 251 2.0% 0.1%
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%

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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

Mackay 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 15,008 15,009 14,994 14,959 14,871 14,870 28,153 * 50.8%
Artificial and highly modified 706 705 684 666 561 535 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 10,341 10,342 10,340 10,288 10,299 10,307 10,981 94.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 38 38 38 38 37 37 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 100.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 21 21 21 21 18 18 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 1,770 1,772 1,776 1,810 1,824 1,842 14,247 12.4%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 366 366 367 366 356 354 0 n/a
Riverine 1,756 1,756 1,759 1,760 1,766 1,768 2,916 60.2%

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

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all 100K map tiles

Mackay 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 12,511 12,514 12,517 12,499 12,513 12,536
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 7,909 7,911 7,906 7,857 7,865 7,871
Salt marsh and salt flats 2,465 2,465 2,468 2,466 2,467 2,469
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 852 852 857 858 862 878
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 540 540 540 543 540 541
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 492 494 495 524 528 526
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 251 251 251 251 251 251
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

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2009 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all 100K map tiles

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

Mackay 100K map tile land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 142,360 49.5%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 44,079 15.3%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 34,658 12.1%
1.3 Other minimal use 26,850 9.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 13,055 4.5%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 11,831 4.1%
6.3 River 2,522 0.9%
5.5 Services 2,243 0.8%
1.1 Nature conservation 1,872 0.7%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 1,422 0.5%
5.7 Transport and communication 1,154 0.4%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 732 0.3%
5.8 Mining 402 0.1%
1.2 Managed resource protection 398 0.1%
2.2 Production native forests 265 0.1%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 190 0.1%
6.1 Lake 183 0.1%
5.2 Intensive animal production 173 0.1%
6.6 Estuary/coastal waters 85 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 76 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 41 0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 34 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 29 0.0%
3.1 Plantation forests 27 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 16 0.0%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 12 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 11 0.0%

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Drainage divisions info metadata

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Drainage basins info metadata

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Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies info metadata

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Climate zones info metadata

  • map Subtropical

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Bioregions info metadata

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Biogeographic subregions info metadata

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IBRA bioregions info metadata

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IBRA subregions info metadata

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Bioregional assessment areas info metadata

none

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Marine meso-scale bioregions metadata

  • map Lucinda-Mackay Coast (LMC)
  • map Shoalwater Coast (SC)

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Marine provincial bioregions metadata

  • map Northeast Shelf Province

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Regional plans info metadata

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World Heritage areas info metadata

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Ramsar internationally important wetlands info metadata

none

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DIWA nationally important wetlands info metadata

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National parks info metadata

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Marine parks (Queensland) info metadata

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Study areas metadata

none

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Report cards metadata

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Conservation parks info metadata

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State forests info metadata

  • map Spencer Gap State Forest

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Forest reserves info metadata

none

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Resources reserves info metadata

none

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Timber reserves info metadata

none

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Fish habitat areas info metadata

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Coastal management district info metadata

  • map Available (all have been combined since February 2012)

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Nature refuges info metadata

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Freshwater biogeographic provinces info metadata

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Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others info metadata

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Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models info metadata

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Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models info metadata

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Healthy Land and Water conceptual models info metadata

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Water resource planning areas info metadata

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Wetland soil indicator case studies info metadata

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Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards info metadata

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Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments info metadata

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Shorebird zones info metadata

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Bakers Treat Train 2015 Rock Ramp Unnamed Creek
map Dumbleton Weir 2007 Mechanical Pioneer River
map Evans Ave 2007 Rock Ramp, Other Gooseponds Creek
map Fursden Creek Rock Ramp Fishway Rock Ramp Fursden Creek
map Gooseponds Bruce Highway Rock Ramp Fishway 2018 Rock Ramp Gooseponds Creek
map Habana Road 1 2007 Rock Ramp Reliance Creek
map Habana Road 2 2008 Culvert Denman Creek
map Harbour Road 2007 Removal Harbour Creek
map Hicks Road 2007 Bypass Gooseponds Creek
map Lagoons Creek 1 2015 Rock Ramp Lagoons Creek
map Lagoons Creek 2 2013 Rock Ramp Lagoons Creek
map Lagoons Creek 3 2016 Rock Ramp Lagoons Creek
map Lagoons Creek 4 2016 Rock Ramp Lagoons Creek
map Lagoons Creek 5 2016 Rock Ramp Lagoons Creek
map Landsdown Road 2007 Culvert Lagoons Creek
map Malcomsom Street 2007 Vertical slot Gooseponds Creek
map Oonooie Fishway 2007 Rock Ramp Unnamed Creek
map Sandringham Lagoon 2009 Rock Ramp Sandringham Creek
map Willetts Road 2007 Rock Ramp Gooseponds Creek

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 1,521 368 296 40 1,889
Animals 518 25 163 37 543
Mammals 55 8 8 8 63
Birds 333 10 86 22 343
Reptiles 61 1 8 5 62
Amphibians 20 1 11 1 21
Ray-finned fishes 41 5 45 0 46
Cartilaginous fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Insects 6 0 4 0 6
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Chromists 3 0 0 0 3
Fungi 100 0 0 0 100
Plants 900 343 133 3 1,243

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 — Mackay 100K map tile — 8755, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/tile-100k-mackay/

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