Source: Fingal Community

The Fingal Head Community Association investigated recent historical flooding events that have occurred in our Fingal Head Community in northern Rivers New South Wales as part of our Community Resilience Initiative.

The river flood data required was provided by the Bureau of Meteorology, in accordance with the FOI Act relating the historical River Height data for the:

1. Tweed River at Chinderah (mAHD) – Station number 558010 2. Tweed River at Tumbulgum (mAHD) – Station Number 558014

For the periods:

1. Cyclone Debbie from the period 10am March 30, 2017 to 10am April 2, 2017
2. Major rain bomb event in northern rivers from the period 10am Saturday February 26, 2022 to 10am Friday March 4, 2022

Additional river flood data has been provided by the Tweed Shire Council using data sourced from Manly Hydraulics P/L

Flood-Analysis-2017-2022

NOTE: The 1st flood peak that occurred at Tumbulgum on the Thursday night, 3 days before Fingal Head flooded.

High Tide Fingal Rd Closure Dec 2020

The Fingal Head Community Association investigated the historical high tide flood event that occurred in December 2020, where Fingal Road was inundated during high tides over three consecutive days.

Applying the Barney’s Point data puts the FINGAL ROAD FLOODS AT APPROXIMATELY 1.25m mAHD (Slide 4).

High-Tide-Fingal-Rd-Closure-Dec-2020