Soil survey of the Townsville Coastal Plains, North Queensland - ZED

This publication set describes the soils of the coastal plains around Townsville in North Queensland. Approximately 240,000 hectares were mapped at 1:100,000 scale in 1975. The landscape was assessed using the free survey method and seventy-three soil associations were identified.

View more on [soil and land management] (http://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/soil).

Data and Resources

Soil Report 1 PDF
This 1975 report describes the soils and land use potential of the northern...
Soil Report 2 PDF
This 1982 report describes the soils and land use potential of the southern...
Soils map - North PDF
This is a soils map of the northern section of the Townsville coastal plain....
Soils Map - South PDF
This is a soils map of the southern section of the Townsville coastal plain....
Land Capability Map - North PDF
This is a land capability map of the north section of the Townsville coastal...

Additional Info

Field	Value
Author	soils@qld.gov.au
Maintainer	soils@qld.gov.au
Version	1
Last Updated	March 20, 2025, 12:29 (AEST)
Created	November 25, 2015, 17:08 (AEST)