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Pelican Creek (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment

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Pelican Creek (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 2,556 100.0% 1.7%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 527 20.6% 0.4%
Artificial and highly modified 520 20.3% 0.4%
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) 6 0.2% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 1 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine 2,030 79.4% 1.4%
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) 505 19.8% 0.3%
Lacustrine (highly modified) 15 0.6% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 6 0.2% 0.0%
Palustrine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 1 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) 2,030 79.4% 1.4%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 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%

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

Pelican Creek (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 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 2,556 2,574 2,483 2,440 2,254 2,229 2,080 * 97.9%
Artificial and highly modified 520 520 430 387 200 175 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) 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine 2,030 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,079 97.6%
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) 505 505 415 372 185 161 0 n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified) 15 15 15 15 15 14 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 6 6 6 6 6 6 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) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100.0%
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) 2,030 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,047 2,079 97.6%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a

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

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

Pelican Creek (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment land use
ALUMC code and description Area (ha) % total area
Total 148,083 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 125,209 84.6%
2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 125,209 84.6%
2.2 Production native forests 9,035 6.1%
2.2.0 Production native forests 9,035 6.1%
1.2 Managed resource protection 5,646 3.8%
1.2.0 Managed resource protection 5,646 3.8%
5.8 Mining 3,155 2.1%
5.8.1 Mines 2,742 1.9%
5.8.2 Quarries 14 0.0%
5.8.3 Tailings 33 0.0%
5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use 367 0.2%
1.3 Other minimal use 2,774 1.9%
1.3.0 Other minimal use 2,143 1.4%
1.3.4 Rehabilitation 630 0.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 823 0.6%
6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production 823 0.6%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 456 0.3%
5.4.1 Urban residential 190 0.1%
5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture 87 0.1%
5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture 137 0.1%
5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure 41 0.0%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 328 0.2%
6.2.1 Reservoir 210 0.1%
6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams 117 0.1%
5.5 Services 270 0.2%
5.5.1 Commercial services 13 0.0%
5.5.2 Public services 48 0.0%
5.5.3 Recreation and culture 209 0.1%
5.7 Transport and communication 180 0.1%
5.7.0 Transport and communication 116 0.1%
5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes 53 0.0%
5.7.3 Railways 11 0.0%
3.3 Cropping 65 0.0%
3.3.0 Cropping 26 0.0%
3.3.3 Hay and silage 39 0.0%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 51 0.0%
4.3.0 Irrigated cropping 51 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 35 0.0%
5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation 21 0.0%
5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission 14 0.0%
5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission < 1 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 26 0.0%
5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial 26 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 16 0.0%
5.9.2 Landfill 3 0.0%
5.9.5 Sewage 13 0.0%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 16 0.0%
3.2.2 Woody fodder plants 16 0.0%

Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 549 119 60 7 669
Animals 268 10 49 4 278
Mammals 38 8 0 2 46
Birds 156 0 23 1 156
Reptiles 43 0 3 1 43
Amphibians 15 1 6 0 16
Ray-finned fishes 16 1 17 0 17
Plants 281 109 11 3 391

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) Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 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-pelican-creek-burdekin/

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