Kyogle is situated at the confluence of the Richmond River and Fawcetts Creek within the Richmond River Valley of New South Wales. The Richmond River flows in a general south-easterly direction from its source on the Queensland/New South Wales border in the McPherson Ranges. Fawcetts Creek is an easterly tributary comprising 129.1 square kilometres of the 886.2 square kilometres total catchment area upstream of the study area.

The objectives of the Kyogle Floodplain Risk Management Plan are:

• To detail cost effective floodplain management measures for the Kyogle township area;
• To present a brief economic analysis of the proposed floodplain management scheme, including an overall benefit-cost ratio;
• To develop an implementation plan for the proposed scheme and present a program to illustrate the proposed actions and annual cost estimates associated with the implementation of the measures; and
• To take into account the funding from Council and both the State and Commonwealth Governments when estimating the cost for implementation.