Bushfire Risk in Macleay Island, QLD: 2026 Assessment

Macleay Island, Queensland, has a the risk of bushfires on macleay island is moderate, influenced by dry vegetation and prevailing winds during the fire season. bushfire risk profile. Key factors include distance to classified bushland, vegetation type, slope, and historical bushfire activity in the region. The Queensland fire authority maps bushfire-prone areas and assigns BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) ratings.

Areas near the island's interior bushland are at higher risk.

CSIRO research indicates climate change is extending fire seasons and increasing the number of severe fire weather days across southern and eastern Australia. For Macleay Island, 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 Macleay Island including BAL zone assessment, evacuation route mapping, and property-specific risk mitigation recommendations.

Macleay Island sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for bushfire risk. 10.5% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk bushfire zones and 82.9% 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 Macleay Island.

Macleay Island (postcode 4184) 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 riverine flood (16.4% of land in high-risk zones), tropical cyclone (14.9% of land in high-risk zones), extreme wind (11.8% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Macleay Island — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.