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Averaged across the 15,325 rural lots in Northern Grampians.
National soil-grid values averaged across rural lots, with the dominant Victorian land system.
Soil values: Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia (CSIRO/TERN), ~90 m national soil grid, 0–30 cm depth-weighted. Land systems: Victorian land-systems mapping (Agriculture Victoria). Regional indicators — not a substitute for a site soil test.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, from national long-term climate grids (rainfall and temperature normals, growing season and aridity).
Satellite vegetation-cover mapping, averaged across rural lots.
Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Northern Grampians.
Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.
Source: Victorian groundwater management areas and the state bore-monitoring network. Values are the nearest monitored bore's, averaged across lots — conditions at a specific property will vary.
Share of rural lots in Northern Grampians carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Northern Grampians.
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Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 15,325 rural lots in Northern Grampians, soil organic carbon averages 1.12%, on the West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands land system. The most common land use is General Cropping.
Rural lots in Northern Grampians average 535 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.2°C and a growing season of about 152 days. Aridity index 0.37.
Across rural lots in Northern Grampians: 19% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 15% a flood overlay, 0% the Erosion Management Overlay and 0% the Salinity Management Overlay.
Soil organic carbon, pH and texture come from the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia; salinity, erosion and waterlogging susceptibility from Victorian land systems mapping. Planning overlays and zones are from the Victoria Planning Provisions. Land use is from the Victorian Land Use Information System, groundwater from the Victorian monitoring network, and terrain from the national elevation model. Market context is the published Valuer-General Victoria suburb median — a suburb indicator, never a property valuation.
Rural lots are those in Victoria's rural zone suite: Farming, Green Wedge, Rural Living, Rural Conservation and Rural Activity zones.