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Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin

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Name: Freshwater Creek
Area type: Drainage sub-basin
Total area: 10,693 ha
% total Qld: 0.0%
Towns: none

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Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 478 100.0% 4.5%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 350 73.3% 3.3%
Artificial and highly modified 350 73.3% 3.3%
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 128 26.7% 1.2%
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) 4 0.9% 0.0%
Lacustrine (highly modified) 346 72.4% 3.2%
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) 128 26.7% 1.2%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%

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Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 0 100.0% 0.0%
No habitats in this region 0 100.0% 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.

Wetland extent changes

Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin 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 478 478 478 478 478 478 548 * 23.3%
Artificial and highly modified 350 350 350 350 350 350 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 < 1 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine 128 128 128 128 128 128 548 23.3%
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) 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified) 346 346 346 346 346 346 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 < 1 0.0%
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) 128 128 128 128 128 128 548 23.3%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a

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

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metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all drainage sub-basins

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all drainage sub-basins

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) metadata

Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin land use
ALUMC code and description Area (ha) % total area
Total 10,693 100.0%
1.1 Nature conservation 7,236 67.7%
1.1.3 National park 6,535 61.1%
1.1.4 Natural feature protection 35 0.3%
1.1.7 Other conserved area 666 6.2%
1.3 Other minimal use 1,358 12.7%
1.3.0 Other minimal use 45 0.4%
1.3.3 Residual native cover 1,314 12.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 1,027 9.6%
5.4.1 Urban residential 578 5.4%
5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture 30 0.3%
5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture 419 3.9%
3.3 Cropping 333 3.1%
3.3.5 Sugar 333 3.1%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 310 2.9%
6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams 310 2.9%
5.5 Services 225 2.1%
5.5.1 Commercial services 15 0.1%
5.5.2 Public services 63 0.6%
5.5.3 Recreation and culture 147 1.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 65 0.6%
6.5.0 Marsh/wetland 65 0.6%
5.8 Mining 52 0.5%
5.8.2 Quarries 52 0.5%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 38 0.4%
2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 38 0.4%
3.6 Land in transition 18 0.2%
3.6.0 Land in transition 17 0.2%
3.6.4 No defined use 1 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 16 0.1%
5.2.6 Horse studs 16 0.1%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 8 0.1%
5.9.2 Landfill 8 0.1%
5.6 Utilities 4 0.0%
5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission 4 0.0%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 4 0.0%
4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits 4 0.0%
6.3 River < 1 0.0%
6.3.0 River < 1 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 1,772 235 264 69 2,019
Animals 561 19 167 42 580
Mammals 44 3 4 9 47
Birds 345 8 86 24 353
Reptiles 66 2 17 1 68
Amphibians 32 1 12 6 33
Ray-finned fishes 36 5 41 1 41
Cartilaginous fishes 1 0 1 0 1
Insects 37 0 6 1 37
Fungi 121 0 0 0 125
Plants 1,090 216 97 27 1,314

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

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Freshwater Creek drainage sub-basin — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-freshwater-creek/

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