Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Borumba
100.7% full
Capacity
46 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
River
Yabba Creek
Year completed
1963
Coordinates
26.525°S, 152.551°E
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
100.7%vs 7 days ago
+3.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
100.7% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 98.2% for October across 4 years of readings (+2.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Borumba 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 −0.13). 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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.525°S, 152.551°E · Open in Google Maps
About Borumba
As of October 29, 2026, Borumba is filled to 100.7% of its total capacity, holding 46.303 hm³ of water out of a maximum 46 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.3 percentage points, and it is 1.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Borumba — 922 data points between October 30, 2023 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 75.1% (December 10, 2023) to a high of 108.4% (December 19, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Borumba was completed in 1963. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Yabba Creek Basin basin at 26.525°S, 152.551°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 46.303 hm³
- Total capacity
- 46 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.3 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Yabba Creek
- River basin
- Yabba Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1963
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 26.525°S, 152.551°E
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 46.303 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 102.7% | 47.23 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 102.5% | 47.17 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 99.1% | 45.6 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 98.3% | 45.23 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 44.81 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 44.54 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 44.52 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 44.51 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 44.49 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 44.48 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 44.52 |