Use Geoscience Australia Flood Risk Information Portal to locate the mapping available for flood risk for the Australian property, then confirm the map owner, covered area, study or effective date, and hazard layer. Follow the responsible local authority when the result affects a property decision.
For Australia flood risk portal, a color or zone is useful only with the property location, hazard type, scenario, map owner, and study or effective date. When Geoscience Australia Flood Risk Information Portal is a national viewer or catalogue, follow it to the current local map before making a property decision.
Find the map owner for Australia flood risk portal guide
Use Geoscience Australia Flood Risk Information Portal to find Australian flood studies and their data owners, then check the responsible state, territory, or council for the current local map.
Use the exact parcel and map date
For the Australian flood-map review, have the exact address or coordinates, state or territory, local council, catchment, study name, and completion date ready.
- Exact address or coordinates
- State or territory and local council
- Flood study or catchment name
- Study date and data owner
Read the hazard layer in its stated scenario
- Search Geoscience Australia Flood Risk Information Portal for the address, locality, catchment, or flood study.
- Open the study metadata and identify the commissioning authority, data owner, covered area, and completion date.
- Before relying on the Australian flood-map review, read the modelled scenario and map limitations instead of treating any coloured area as a current property ruling.
- To complete the Australian flood-map review, inspect the council or state authority for mapping or planning information published after the listed study.
- Record the study name, map owner, completion date, local source, and URL used for the decision.
Check coverage, effective date, and local authority together
To complete the Australian flood-map review, the national portal is most useful as a catalogue. The current local answer comes from the responsible council or state authority and may use a newer study or planning layer.
| Map detail | Why it changes the answer |
|---|---|
| commissioning authority | For the Australian flood-map review, match the property, parcel, or coordinates |
| study or map coverage | In the Australian flood-map review, identify the mapped hazard, scenario, and source owner |
| scenario and completion date | Before relying on the Australian flood-map review, use the effective or study date when comparing maps |
| current council or state source | Keep the panel, study, layer, and local-authority link with the Australian flood-map review |
Use Australia flood risk portal as mapped evidence for its stated hazard, date, and purpose, not as a promise that flooding will or will not occur or as a final insurance quotation.
If the Australian portal has no local study
Search the council, state emergency service, planning portal, or water authority directly. Some current maps are not available through the national catalogue.
Ask the local authority which flood study and planning controls apply when the result affects purchase, development, insurance, or evacuation planning.