Flood Risk in Lake Burrendong, NSW: 2026 Assessment

Lake Burrendong, located in New South Wales, has a notable flood risk profile based on available data including proximity to waterways, elevation, and historical flood events. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) maintains river height and flood warning data for catchments across New South Wales.

Burrendong Dam is a major water storage facility, but its capacity can be exceeded during extreme rainfall events, leading to downstream flooding.

Lake Burrendong is at high risk of flooding due to its proximity to the Burrendong Dam and the Macquarie River. Heavy rainfall events can lead to rapid increases in water levels, inundating low-lying areas.

For a comprehensive property-specific flood assessment including address-level elevation data, flood overlay mapping, and insurance cost estimates, use the ClimateNest full analysis tool. General suburb data cannot replace a site-specific evaluation.

Lake Burrendong sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 6.2% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 87.8% in moderate-risk zones, based on the national hazard overlay. Exposure at this scale varies street by street, which is why an address-level check matters before you buy or insure a specific property in Lake Burrendong.

Lake Burrendong (postcode 2820) is tracked in ClimateNest's suburb hazard model, which maps the share of the suburb's land exposed to each hazard at high and moderate levels. The suburb's highest high-risk exposures are bushfire (16% of land in high-risk zones), surface flood (7% of land in high-risk zones), riverine flood (6.2% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Lake Burrendong — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.