Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Borumba
98.8% full
Capacity
46 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
River
Yabba Creek
Year completed
1963
Coordinates
26.525°S, 152.551°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
98.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-1.3%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: 2026-09-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -26.525, 152.551 · Open in Google Maps
About Borumba
As of September 8, 2026, Borumba is filled to 98.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 46 hm³ of water out of a maximum 46 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pts), and it is 1.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Borumba — 884 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 8, 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 BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Yabba Creek Basin basin at 26.525°S, 152.551°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.8%
- Water stored
- 46 hm³
- Total capacity
- 46 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.3 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Yabba Creek
- River basin
- Yabba Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1963
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.525°S, 152.551°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 98.8% | 45 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 98.8% | 45 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 98.9% | 46 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 99.0% | 46 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 99.0% | 46 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 99.0% | 46 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 46 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 46 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 46 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 99.2% | 46 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 46 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 99.1% | 46 |