Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Buckinbah Weir
94.6% full
Capacity
5.1 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
Year completed
1968
Coordinates
28.049°S, 148.745°E
Last updated
2026-10-11
Current fill
94.6%vs 7 days ago
-2.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
94.6% full on 2026-10-11, against an average of 96.2% for October across 4 years of readings (-1.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Buckinbah Weir 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 −0.12). 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: 2026-10-11.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -28.049, 148.745 · Open in Google Maps
About Buckinbah Weir
As of October 11, 2026, Buckinbah Weir is filled to 94.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 5 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 4 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.7 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Buckinbah Weir — 1093 data points between October 13, 2023 and October 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.6% (November 20, 2024) to a high of 130.9% (November 17, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Buckinbah Weir was completed in 1968. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.6%
- Water stored
- 5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 5 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 4 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Year completed
- 1968
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 28.049°S, 148.745°E
- Last updated
- October 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2026 | 94.6% | 5 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 94.7% | 5 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 5 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 99.3% | 5 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 5 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 96.1% | 5 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 5 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 5 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 98.0% | 5 |