Bushfire Risk in Mataranka, NT: 2026 Assessment

Mataranka, Northern Territory, has a the bushfire risk in mataranka is moderate. the surrounding savanna grasslands are prone to fires during the dry season, posing a threat to properties and infrastructure. bushfire risk profile. Key factors include distance to classified bushland, vegetation type, slope, and historical bushfire activity in the region. The Northern Territory fire authority maps bushfire-prone areas and assigns BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) ratings.

The dry season increases the risk of bushfires in the area.

CSIRO research indicates climate change is extending fire seasons and increasing the number of severe fire weather days across southern and eastern Australia. For Mataranka, this may mean shifts in bushfire risk levels over the coming decades, making property-level BAL assessment increasingly important.

Use ClimateNest for a complete address-level bushfire risk report for Mataranka including BAL zone assessment, evacuation route mapping, and property-specific risk mitigation recommendations.

Mataranka sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for bushfire risk. 12.3% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk bushfire zones and 80.1% 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 Mataranka.

Mataranka (postcode 0852) 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 tropical cyclone (16.2% of land in high-risk zones), bushfire (12.3% of land in high-risk zones), extreme wind (11.7% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Mataranka — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.