Keep the observation
Record the location, event date, measurements and source. Distinguish first-hand experience from something heard from someone else.
Northern Rivers · NSW
Our place. Our shared knowledge.
Community Hazards Explorer. Explore the hazards around your address, add what you know, and help build a better picture of how our valley responds to fire, flood and isolation.
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- 01Explore your address
Public maps, local conditions and gaps in the evidence.
- 02Add what you know
Crossings, rainfall, fallen trees and lessons from past events.
- 03Improve the shared picture
Reports are reviewed and compared before guidance changes.
Choose an address to assess:
How search works
Street searches go to NSW Spatial Services. Spatial layers use the selected coordinates, weather uses a rounded location, and basemap providers serve the visible area. Searches stay out of saved history.
At a glance
Three ways a place can be exposed
Planning indicators · see evidence below.
These are not live warnings or building ratings.
Local knowledge · reported 6 November 2026
A dry home can still be cut off
Snow’s and Tickles are road crossings of Coopers Creek. Properties east of the creek are prone to isolation; access that depends on either causeway is reported as very high isolation risk.
Englishes can also cut access in high floods. Local knowledge reports that its recently upgraded bridge can still be submerged. No gauge trigger has been established for Englishes.
These are community reports, not current crossing conditions. Automatic address-to-crossing matching is still being developed; confirm which crossings your route depends on.
Optional route selection changes the isolation indicator for this address only. It is not a road-status report and is not saved.
Repentance gauge · Coopers Creek
Latest observed level— mWaiting for a local address
Snow’s reported trigger1.57 mCommunity reference
At or above 1.57 m: treat Snow’s as unsafe to cross. This community-reported relationship is not an official gauge threshold and has not been independently verified.
Below 1.57 m does not establish safe passage. This threshold does not apply to Tickles or Englishes; their gauge triggers are not established. Never enter floodwater.
Check Repentance gauge at BoM ↗BoM 558000 / WaterNSW 203002 · metres above local gauge zero, not flood depth at Snow’s. Provisional observations. Checks every 5 minutes while visible; MRN’s shared feed refreshes on a 15-minute cache.
© Lismore City Council, © WaterNSW, © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology). MRN selects the Repentance observation, rounds the display and calculates the difference from the community trigger.
01 / Explore
Location map
Basemap
02 / Assess
Location findings
Start with a location
Search for a street address or select a point on the map. Each finding will show its source and what the evidence supports.
Selected location
Household preparation priorities
03 / Our shared knowledge
What locals are telling us
These published community notes explain local patterns and what still needs checking. They are not live crossing reports.
04 / Add your piece
What do you know about this place?
We’re collecting local observations to improve hazard reporting and preparation. A useful detail can fill a gap that maps miss: where access is cut, how much rain fell, what the gauge showed, or how conditions have changed.
First choose your address or a map point. Then you can add local knowledge here.
05 / Better with evidence
How this grows over time
Compare and check
Compare reports with gauge histories, rainfall and official records. Keep conflicting accounts visible; repeated copies of one report are not independent evidence.
Revise with care
MRN can publish reviewed summaries with their evidence and remaining gaps. A rebuilt bridge or changed road may make older knowledge less useful. Corrections help keep the record current.
Where we are now: public map checks, live gauge observations, community-reported notes and email contributions. A shared submission database and online review queue are not connected yet. Community reports do not automatically change hazard indicators, official warnings or crossing thresholds.