Flood check, Cairns
Has Cairns flooded?
Recorded flood extents, disaster history and the nearest warning gauge for the Cairns council area, plus a flood page for every suburb we track. The layer check for your own address is free; the full PDF report with maps is $49.
Recorded flood extents — Edmonton
No historic flood extent has been mapped for the Edmonton area by the state or the council.
- Cairns Regional has been disaster-activated for 20 flood, storm or cyclone events since 2008 — most recently Queensland Monsoon Trough, Cyclone Koji, Cyclone Narelle and Severe Weather 24 December 2025 - 24 April 2026.
- Nearest flood-warning gauge: Tamarind Gardens, Mulgrave-Russell basin — 2 km from the centre of Edmonton.
The disaster-activation history covers the whole Cairns council area. The recorded-extent lines above are tested against Edmonton's own boundary — Cairns's suburb with the most activity here — because an extent reaching one suburb doesn't mean it reaches another. Find your own suburb's record below.
Check your own address in Cairns
Free, and no sign-up: the flood layers on that lot, and whether each recorded flood reaches it. The full report ($49 incl. GST) adds every planning layer, maps, easements and the development applications around the site.
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Flood history by suburb in Cairns
Every suburb we track flood history for in Cairns — recorded extents, disaster history and the nearest gauge, suburb by suburb.
Free development application alerts
Watch Cairns for development applications
Get a brief whenever a development application — the plans a council must approve before building starts — is lodged or decided near an address you care about, with the zone and planning constraints for the site. Free.