Snakes Plain, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Snakes Plain
State:NSW
Coordinates:-31.7778°N 147.7593°W
Pop:9
Pushpin Label Position:left
Postcode:2824
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:11
Dir1:SW
Location1:Warren
Dist2:95
Dir2:NW
Location2:Dubbo
Dist3:397
Dir3:NW
Location3:Sydney
Lga:Warren Shire
Region:Orana
Stategov:Barwon
Fedgov:Parkes

Snakes Plain is a small rural locality approximately 11km (07miles) south-west of Warren on the Oxley Highway in the local government area of Warren Shire, part of the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia.

At the, Snakes Plain recorded a population of 9, with a median age of 20.

Despite the arid climate of the area, the Auscott Macquarie Valley irrigated cotton farm is located within the locality.[1]

The Auscott siding, part of the Warren railway line, which serves the cotton processing facility, is located in Snakes Plain.

The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macquarie Valley - Auscott. www.auscott.com.au.
  2. Peel . M. C. . Finlayson . B. L. . McMahon . T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606. free . (direct: Final Revised Paper)