Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Baroon Pocket
95.4% full
Capacity
61 hm³
Volume stored
58 hm³
River
Obi Obi Creek
Year completed
1989
Coordinates
26.710°S, 152.872°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
95.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Baroon Pocket
As of September 9, 2026, Baroon Pocket is filled to 95.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 58 hm³ of water out of a maximum 61 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Baroon Pocket — 882 data points between September 12, 2023 and September 9, 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 BOM 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
- 95.4%
- Water stored
- 58 hm³
- Total capacity
- 61 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Obi Obi Creek
- River basin
- Obi Obi Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1989
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.710°S, 152.872°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 95.4% | 58 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 95.6% | 58 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 95.7% | 58 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 95.9% | 58 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 96.0% | 59 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 96.1% | 59 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 96.2% | 59 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 96.3% | 59 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 96.4% | 59 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 96.5% | 59 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 96.6% | 59 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 96.7% | 59 |