Flood Risk in Uralla, NT: 2026 Assessment

Uralla, located in Northern Territory, 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 Northern Territory.

Historical flood data indicates that areas near the Salisbury Waters have experienced flooding in the past. Council is undertaking flood mitigation works.

Uralla faces a moderate risk of flooding due to its location near waterways and historical flood events. Climate change is expected to increase rainfall intensity, potentially worsening flood risk.

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.

Uralla sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 4.4% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 78.1% 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 Uralla.

Uralla (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 (15.7% of land in high-risk zones), extreme wind (10.2% of land in high-risk zones), bushfire (9.7% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Uralla — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.