Flood Risk in Murchison, VIC: 2026 Assessment

Murchison, 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.

The Goulburn River has a history of flooding in the Murchison area. Recent upgrades to flood levees have improved protection, but the risk remains.

Murchison faces a moderate risk of flooding due to its proximity to the Goulburn River. Riverine flooding can inundate low-lying areas.

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.

Murchison sits within ClimateNest's suburb-level hazard model for flood risk. 8.4% of the suburb's land area is mapped in high-risk flood zones and 68.3% 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 Murchison.

Murchison (postcode 3610) 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 surface flood (10.6% of land in high-risk zones), bushfire (9.5% of land in high-risk zones), riverine flood (8.4% of land in high-risk zones). Exposure is not uniform across Murchison — individual properties can sit well above or below these averages, so an address-level check is recommended before buying, selling or insuring.