Service Description:A large flood event that is possible and used for flood planning purposes. Over a long period of time (several 100s of years) an event of similar size or greater may occur on average once every 100 years. It is possible an event of this size will occur at some time during a single lifetime. Within the Moreton Bay Region, representative flood events of this size occurred in the upper and middle reaches of the Caboolture River, in Elimbah and Sidling Creeks during January 2011, as well as in the middle reaches of Burpengary Creek during May 2015.
Description:A large flood event that is possible and used for flood planning purposes. Over a long period of time (several 100s of years) an event of similar size or greater may occur on average once every 100 years. It is possible an event of this size will occur at some time during a single lifetime. Within the Moreton Bay Region, representative flood events of this size occurred in the upper and middle reaches of the Caboolture River, in Elimbah and Sidling Creeks during January 2011, as well as in the middle reaches of Burpengary Creek during May 2015.