Flood Information

The Nepean River, South Creek, tributaries and associated floodplains are a predominant feature of the Camden Local Government Area. Flooding along these waterways impacts properties within the floodplain to varying degrees. 

Flood information within the Camden Local Government Area has been broken into three main catchments: the Nepean River (excluding Narellan Creek), Narellan Creek and South Creek. A labelled catchment map is available to show the three catchment areas and nearby suburbs.

Councils are primarily responsible for managing flood risk in their area, with technical and financial support provided by the NSW Government. Council regularly seeks opportunities to improve data and achieve better and more precise engineering outcomes.

Recently, Council has completed and adopted the following flood documents:

•  An updated Upper South Creek Flood Study
• An updated Nepean River Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan including Narellan Creek
• An updated revision of Council's Flood Risk Management Policy

These documents were placed on public exhibition between 21 July and 26 August 2022, with submissions sought throughout this period.

The latest update of Flood Risk Management documents sets out a framework to address existing, future and continuing flood risks for Camden per the NSW Government’s Flood Prone Land Policy and Floodplain Development Manual.

This section provides detailed flood information relating to the following catchments:

• Upper South Creek Catchment
• Nepean River including the Narellan Creek Catchment

Detailed flood information for a specific property, such as flood levels, flood planning levels, velocities etc, can be obtained by applying for a Flood Certificate (subject to information availability).    

 

• Flood Certificate Application Form
  
  

The current NSW Planning Package came into effect from 14 July 2021.

Information regarding the NSW Planning Package can be found at NSW Planning Portal - Flood Prone Land Package.

Please see the links below for further flood information regarding the following:

• Flood Risk Management Policy
• Flood Information and Disclaimer
• NSW Floodplain Development Manual, 2005 (OEH)
• Floodplain Risk Management Committee 
• FAQ - Flood studies and Information
• Camden Local Flood Plan (SES) Volume 1-3 (2016)
• Local Flood Plan Volume 1 (2022)

 More helpful information regarding flooding in NSW is available from: 

• NSW Office of Environment and Heritage - Floodplains 
• NSW SES - Flood Safe 

Contact Council's Floodplain Management Team on 13 22 63 for further enquiries regarding flooding.