Flood Risk in Long Gully, VIC: 2026 Assessment

Long Gully, located in Victoria, 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 Victoria.

Historical flood events have impacted properties near Bendigo Creek. Council maintains flood maps and provides guidance on flood preparedness.

Long Gully faces a moderate risk of flooding, primarily from heavy rainfall events and the potential overflow of local waterways. The risk is projected to increase slightly due to climate change.

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.

Long Gully sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 7.3% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 74.6% 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 Long Gully.

Long Gully (postcode 3550) 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 (11% of land in high-risk zones), surface flood (10.5% of land in high-risk zones), riverine flood (7.3% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Long Gully — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.