2011 Flash Floods
In late 2010 the 2010–2011 Queensland floods began and on 10–11 January 2011 the creek experienced severe flash flooding. During the floods the creek reached 18 m (59 ft) deep, a record that was higher than what was experienced during the 1974 Brisbane flood.
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded a rise of 8 metres (26.2 ft) in 23 minutes during the flash flood but initially dismissed the reading as a fault. It was estimated that 4,000 tonnes (4,000 megalitres; 1,057 Million US gallons) of water per second flowed through Lockyer Creek, leading to the use of descriptive phrases such as "wall of water", or even "inland tsunami".
A report by GHD Group for the Brisbane City Council suggested that flood mitigating dams on Lockyer Creek and Bremer River could be a useful measure for flood proofing Brisbane.
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