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Explore CrocWatch crocodile sightings, Queensland, 2016

Charts and tables over the 574 rows of the latest version, worked out in your browser from the Parquet file. Nothing you do here leaves the browser until you save a link.

Paste this where the dashboard should appear. The frame shows the attribution and links back here.

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The explorer needs JavaScript and a browser from the last few years. The dataset page has every file and the query API.

Data: Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government, Crocodiles in Queensland, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/crocodile-sightings-in-queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Licence terms.

How it works

Change a panel

Press Edit at the top right of a panel to open its settings. Drag fields into Group by, Split by, Sort by and Filter, pick a chart type at the top, and choose sum, count or average beside each number. More fields lists everything else in the dataset. The chart types include bars, lines, areas, scatter plots, heatmaps, treemaps and sunbursts, and maps of the coordinates. Add a chart puts a new panel on the dashboard. Drag a panel's title bar to move it, or drag the line between panels to resize.

Filter every panel at once

The chart marked Click to filter the others does just that: click a bar and the other panels show only those rows. Click it again to clear. Any panel can do the same. Open the menu at the left of its title bar and turn on filtering from there.

Share or keep a dashboard

The address bar holds the whole dashboard, so copying it is enough. Save a short link to store the dashboard on this site and get a shorter address. A saved dashboard never changes; saving again after an edit makes a new link. Embed gives a frame you can paste into a web page, with the attribution inside it.

Download what you see

The export button in a panel's settings toolbar downloads the panel as CSV, JSON or Arrow, or a chart as PNG. The copy button beside it puts the same data on the clipboard. The full files are on the dataset page.

What the fields mean

The explorer names each field in words. The files and the query API use the field name beside it.

In the explorer	Field name	Type	Note
Year	year	integer
Reference number	crocodile_reference_number	integer	The department's reference for the report. A few numbers appear twice.
Date sighted	date_sighted	date
Crocodile of concern	crocodile_of_concern	string
Resolved crocodile of concern	resolved_crocodile_of_concern	string
Confirmed by a departmental officer	confirmed_by_officer	string
Zones 1 or 2	zones_1_or_2	string
Crocodile management plan	crocodile_management_plan	string
Local government authority	local_government_authority	string
Management plan zone	management_plan_zone	string
South of the Boyne River	south_of_boyne_river	string
Attack or aggressive	attack_or_aggressive	string
Location or behaviour a threat	location_or_behaviour_a_threat	string
Prevention barrier and stock	prevention_barrier_and_stock	string
Urban management area	urban_management_area	string
Crocodile of concern assessment	coc_assessment	string
Outcome	outcome	string
Date removed	date_removed	string
Imminent threat to safety	imminent_threat_to_safety	string
Date the department was contacted	date_of_contact	date
Species	species	string
Number of crocodiles	number_of_crocodiles	integer
Size of largest (m)	size_of_largest_m	string	The reporter's estimate in metres. Kept as text because some reports give a range or words.
Tracks left	tracks_left	string
Nest or slide present	nest_or_slide_present	string
Location	location	string
Latitude	latitude	number
Longitude	longitude	number
River, creek, beach or waterhole	waterway_or_beach	string
Habitat	habitat	string
Nearest public area	nearest_public_area	string
Public use type	public_use_type	string
Intensity of use	intensity_of_use	string
Intensity of use comments	intensity_of_use_comments	string
All parts exposed	all_parts_exposed	string
Eye exposed	eye_exposed	string
Head exposed	head_exposed	string
Tail exposed	tail_exposed	string
Head and back exposed	head_and_back_exposed	string
Gait high	gait_high	string
Gait sliding	gait_sliding	string
Gait running	gait_running	string
Gait walking	gait_walking	string
Gait swimming	gait_swimming	string
Moving quickly or slowly	moving_quickly_or_slowly	string
Direction of travel	direction_of_travel	string
Two metres or greater	two_metres_or_greater	string
In known habitat	in_known_habitat	string
Moving through	moving_through	string
Food source fish frame	food_source_fish_frame	string
Food source abattoir	food_source_abattoir	string
Food source crab pots	food_source_crab_pots	string
Food source smelly bins	food_source_smelly_bins	string
Food source boat ramp	food_source_boat_ramp	string
Food source dugong	food_source_dugong	string
Food source turtle	food_source_turtle	string
Food source animal carcass	food_source_animal_carcass	string

How it runs

The page downloads DuckDB and Perspective once, about 17 MB, then this version's data.parquet (85 KB). Every chart is a query DuckDB answers in the browser, so there is no rate limit and the files stay the only source. Dated versions never change, so a saved dashboard over one shows the same numbers for good. A map panel draws its background from OpenStreetMap tiles, so while one is on screen your browser asks OpenStreetMap for them and it sees your IP address. The data itself never leaves the browser.