Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Baroon Pocket
101.4% full
Capacity
61 hm³
Volume stored
62 hm³
River
Obi Obi Creek
Year completed
1989
Coordinates
26.710°S, 152.872°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
101.4%vs 7 days ago
+9.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+14.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
109%of normal
101.4% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 93.1% for October across 3 years of readings (+8.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Baroon Pocket 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 −0.03). 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.710°S, 152.872°E · Open in Google Maps
About Baroon Pocket
As of October 28, 2026, Baroon Pocket is filled to 101.4% of its total capacity, holding 61.85 hm³ of water out of a maximum 61 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 9.3 percentage points, and it is 14.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Baroon Pocket — 913 data points between November 8, 2023 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 60.0% (December 15, 2023) to a high of 110.7% (March 10, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Baroon Pocket was completed in 1989. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Obi Obi Creek Basin basin at 26.710°S, 152.872°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 101.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 61.85 hm³
- Total capacity
- 61 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 9.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 14.0 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Obi Obi Creek
- River basin
- Obi Obi Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1989
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 26.710°S, 152.872°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 101.4% | 61.85 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 102.6% | 62.59 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 103.4% | 63.09 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 102.0% | 62.21 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 61.42 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 95.1% | 58.03 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 92.1% | 56.17 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 56.1 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 91.3% | 55.71 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 91.1% | 55.55 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 55.52 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 55.5 |