Flood check, Ipswich
Has Ipswich flooded?
Recorded flood extents, disaster history and the nearest warning gauge for the Ipswich 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 — Redbank Plains
No recorded flood extent mapped by the state or council reaches into Redbank Plains.
- 1974 The mapped January 1974 — Brisbane and Bremer Rivers flood extent does not touch Redbank Plains. · State of Queensland Clear
- Ipswich City has been disaster-activated for 20 flood, storm or cyclone events since 2007 — most recently Southern Queensland Flooding, 6 - 20 May 2022.
- Nearest flood-warning gauge: Bellbird Park Al, Brisbane basin — 3 km from the centre of Redbank Plains.
The disaster-activation history covers the whole Ipswich council area. The recorded-extent lines above are tested against Redbank Plains's own boundary — Ipswich'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 Ipswich
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 Ipswich
Every suburb we track flood history for in Ipswich — recorded extents, disaster history and the nearest gauge, suburb by suburb.
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Watch Ipswich 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.