Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Buckinbah Weir
100.2% full
Capacity
5.1 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
Year completed
1968
Coordinates
28.049°S, 148.745°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
100.2%vs 7 days ago
-1.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
+15.8%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
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About Buckinbah Weir
As of September 8, 2026, Buckinbah Weir is filled to 100.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 5 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full. Of that total, about 4 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.2 pts), and it is 15.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Buckinbah Weir — 1093 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 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 September 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
- 100.2%
- Water stored
- 5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 5 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 4 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 15.8 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Year completed
- 1968
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 28.049°S, 148.745°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 100.2% | 5 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 100.1% | 5 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 100.7% | 5 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 101.5% | 5 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 101.6% | 5 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 101.0% | 5 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 100.7% | 5 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 101.4% | 5 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 101.7% | 5 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 102.1% | 5 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 101.8% | 5 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 102.6% | 5 |