Reservoir · Western Australia · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Argyle (Ord River)
92.2% full
Capacity
10,760 hm³
Volume stored
9923 hm³
River
Ord River
Year completed
1971
Coordinates
16.315°S, 128.763°E
Last updated
2026-10-21
Current fill
92.2%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+5.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
92.2% full on 2026-10-21, against an average of 92.9% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Argyle (Ord River) had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.09). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-21.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 16.315°S, 128.763°E · Open in Google Maps
About Argyle (Ord River)
As of October 21, 2026, Argyle (Ord River) is filled to 92.2% of its total capacity, holding 9,923 hm³ of water out of a maximum 10,760 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 10,436 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 5.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Argyle (Ord River) — 1067 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 21, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 83.0% (December 23, 2025) to a high of 149.8% (April 17, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Argyle (Ord River) was completed in 1971. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Ord River Basin basin at 16.315°S, 128.763°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 92.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 9,923 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10,760 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10,436 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.3 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Ord River
- River basin
- Ord River Basin
- Year completed
- 1971
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 16.315°S, 128.763°E
- Last updated
- October 21, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | 92.2% | 9,923 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 92.3% | 9,932 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 92.4% | 9,941 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 92.5% | 9,952 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 92.6% | 9,962 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 92.7% | 9,978 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 92.8% | 9,988 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 92.9% | 9,998 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 93.0% | 10,008 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 10,024 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 93.3% | 10,035 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 93.4% | 10,045 |