Split Yard Creek, Queensland

Split Yard Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Split Yard Creek had a population of 31 people.

Geography

The locality is triangular in shape, wide at the north and narrow at the south. Lake Wivenhoe, impounded by the Wivenhoe Dam, loosely forms the western boundary, noting that the extent of the lake varies with the amount of water held by the dam.
The Wivenhoe Somerset Road enters the locality from the south, forms part of the southern boundary of the locality and then heads north-west through the locality running parallel and east of Lake Wivenhoe north-western corner of the locality where it exits to Dundas.
Splityard Creek Dam is to the immediate east of the Wivenhoe Somerset Road. It provides water for the pumped-storage hydroelectric Wivenhoe Power Station located between the higher-level Splityard Creek Dam and the lower-level Wivenhoe Dam.
The locality of Split Yard Creek has the following mountains:

The D'Aguilar National Park is in the north of the locality extending into neighbouring Dundas to the north and beyond. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some rural residential housing.

The locality presumably takes its name from the watercourse Split Yard Creek which flows through the locality.

In the, Split Yard Creek had a population of 37 people.
In the, Split Yard Creek had a population of 31 people.

There are no schools in Split Yard Creek. The nearest government primary school is Fernvale State School in Fernvale to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in Lowood to the south-west.

There is a public carpark with access to the Splityard Creek Lookout at the Splityard Creek Dam.