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Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area

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Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 461,339 100.0% 3.0%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 292,688 63.4% 1.9%
Artificial and highly modified 63,525 13.8% 0.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 126,582 27.4% 0.8%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 922 0.2% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 6,826 1.5% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 11,056 2.4% 0.1%
Palustrine (natural) 42,332 9.2% 0.3%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 41,451 9.0% 0.3%
Riverine 168,645 36.6% 1.1%
Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 183,474 100.0% 1.2%
Mangroves - Casuarina 29 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 57,337 31.3% 0.4%
Salt marsh and salt flats 35,651 19.4% 0.2%
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 6,954 3.8% 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 55 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 10,759 5.9% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 1,345 0.7% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 915 0.5% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 4,340 2.4% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 24,042 13.1% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 39,154 21.3% 0.3%
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 2,893 1.6% 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

Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area 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 461,339 461,542 460,025 457,598 455,678 451,412 421,529 * 94.4%
Artificial and highly modified 63,525 63,492 61,131 58,153 55,845 50,894 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 126,582 126,582 126,612 126,950 127,074 127,235 165,265 76.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 922 922 922 899 882 923 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 6,826 6,827 6,827 6,827 6,827 6,827 7,291 93.6%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 11,056 11,068 11,074 10,896 10,876 9,827 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 42,332 42,372 42,722 42,919 43,088 43,752 60,040 70.5%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 41,451 41,451 41,448 41,427 41,294 41,346 0 n/a
Riverine 168,645 168,829 169,289 169,528 169,793 170,607 188,933 89.3%

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

Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area 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 183,474 183,515 183,890 184,368 184,534 185,332
Mangroves - Casuarina 29 29 29 29 29 29
Mangroves - other 57,337 57,337 57,345 57,366 57,370 57,381
Salt marsh and salt flats 35,651 35,652 35,670 35,964 36,068 36,138
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 6,954 6,954 6,956 6,943 6,943 6,943
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 55 55 55 55 55 55
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 10,759 10,760 10,822 10,957 11,077 11,191
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 1,345 1,345 1,345 1,345 1,345 1,345
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 915 915 915 915 915 915
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 4,340 4,348 4,349 4,353 4,352 4,354
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 24,042 24,071 24,343 24,360 24,383 24,923
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 39,154 39,154 39,167 39,174 39,084 39,136
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 2,893 2,895 2,895 2,907 2,914 2,922

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

Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 15,605,401 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 11,559,889 74.1%
2.2 Production native forests 1,026,516 6.6%
1.3 Other minimal use 796,026 5.1%
1.1 Nature conservation 677,788 4.3%
3.3 Cropping 535,745 3.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 227,868 1.5%
1.2 Managed resource protection 182,751 1.2%
5.8 Mining 123,442 0.8%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 113,895 0.7%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 95,400 0.6%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 73,198 0.5%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 68,353 0.4%
5.7 Transport and communication 40,830 0.3%
3.1 Plantation forests 19,495 0.1%
6.3 River 18,053 0.1%
5.5 Services 12,643 0.1%
6.1 Lake 8,421 0.1%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 6,077 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 5,254 0.0%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 5,056 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 2,843 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 1,823 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 1,089 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 798 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 771 0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 608 0.0%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests 571 0.0%
6.6 Estuary/coastal waters 73 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 50 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 45 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 29 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 6,088 718 589 291 6,806
Animals 1,128 35 241 102 1,163
Mammals 139 15 9 24 154
Birds 485 10 96 48 495
Reptiles 215 1 16 18 216
Amphibians 47 1 21 4 48
Ray-finned fishes 65 6 71 3 71
Cartilaginous fishes 2 0 2 1 2
Lampreys 1 0 1 1 1
Insects 165 2 25 1 167
Malacostracans 4 0 0 0 4
Arachnids 2 0 0 0 2
Snails 3 0 0 2 3
Bacteria 7 0 0 0 7
Chromists 24 0 0 0 24
Fungi 423 0 0 0 423
Plants 4,504 683 348 189 5,187
Protozoans 2 0 0 0 2

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) Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan area — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wqip-area-fitzroy-basin-association/