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Lightning Ridge 2834

236 rural lots across 275,685 ha in Walgett Shire Council. Dominant: Grazing native vegetation.

236
Rural lots
275,685 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (LSC class 4)
20 tCO₂e/ha
Council mean (suburb not mapped)

Where is Lightning Ridge?

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Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 236 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–461%
Class 5–639%
Class 7–80%
NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 — Class 1 is prime cropping land, Class 8 is conservation only. Polygon-intersect with each rural lot.
Climate

Rainfall, temperature, growing window

30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots.

Annual rainfall
441 mm
Semi-arid
Mean max temp
28.0 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
67 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
17 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.20 P/PET
Semi-arid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this suburb, drawn from BOM 30-year normals (~1,820 weather stations, KNN to lot centroids).

Carbon
Council mean

Carbon opportunity

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

20 tCO₂e
tCO₂e per hectare · Walgett Shire Council

Suburb-level coverage isn't available — the figure shown is the Walgett Shire Council mean across rural lots that are mapped.

ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster zonal stats per lot. Site-specific ACCU pre-feasibility is available per property in the AgDSS app.
Vegetation

Cover profile

DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).

Green cover20%
Forest cover33%
Mean across all rural lots in this suburb. Per-lot vegetation, native-vegetation status and biodiversity-incentive eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 236 rural lots.

Water access

Surface and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

100%
in a water sharing plan
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
4.1
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated River Water Sources 2024

Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.

Bushfire-prone 100%
Threatened ecological 47%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Heritage-listed · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · Coastal environment · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 6.3 km
Nearest school 14.6 km
Rail station 157.4 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 14.4 km · 66 kV
Transmission line 11.7 km · 66 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 14.4 km
Water treatment 49.7 km
Rural market
Low confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

$7
per hectare (median)
1
sales (last 5 yrs)
Only 1 sale in 5 years — treat the rate as indicative only.
$/ha is the median of (sale price ÷ lot hectares) across RU-zoned registered sales. Source: NSW Office of the Valuer-General.
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing native vegetation

The ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category that covers the largest share of rural lots in Lightning Ridge. Per-lot actual land-use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.

Market trends

Suburb-wide pulse

12-month price + volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural + residential); the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
+53.8%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+196.3%
Sales volume · 12 mo
-28.6%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$250
-8.1% y/y
Gross rental yield
6.50%
Days on market
47 days
10 active listings

Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.

Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Western Plains

About Lightning Ridge 2834

What does the rural land in Lightning Ridge 2834 look like?

Lightning Ridge 2834 contains 236 RU-zoned rural lots covering 275,685 ha. Median Land & Soil Capability is class 4 (good grazing). Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

What carbon opportunity is in Lightning Ridge's rural land?

Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Lightning Ridge 2834 is —/ha — a satellite-modelled estimate from the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 product. Total estimated stock across the suburb is —. Site-specific carbon stock and ACCU pre-feasibility for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.

What's the rural land market like in Lightning Ridge?

Median rural rate in Lightning Ridge is $7/ha based on only 1 sale in the last 5 years — treat as indicative only.

Where does this data come from?

Land capability is the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer. Carbon stock is the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 satellite product (~100m). Vegetation cover (green / forest) is DEA Fractional Cover (Sentinel-2, 25m). Rural market activity is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots. Dominant land use is the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category. Lot identity is the NSW Digital Cadastral Database.