Flood Risk in Tully, QLD: 2026 Assessment

Tully, located in Queensland, 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 Queensland.

Historical flood events have caused significant damage in Tully, highlighting the need for improved flood mitigation measures.

Tully is highly susceptible to flooding due to its location in a high rainfall area and proximity to the Tully River. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events, exacerbating 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.

Tully sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 15.1% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 62.7% 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 Tully.

Tully (postcode 4854) 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 (15.1% of land in high-risk zones), bushfire (13.4% of land in high-risk zones), surface flood (8.4% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Tully — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.