Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Burdekin Falls
90.0% full
Capacity
1,860 hm³
Volume stored
1673 hm³
River
Burdekin River
Year completed
1987
Coordinates
20.687°S, 146.974°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
90.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-7.2%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 Burdekin Falls
As of September 8, 2026, Burdekin Falls is filled to 90.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,673 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,860 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 1,852 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pts), and it is 7.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Burdekin Falls — 1074 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 65.2% (November 27, 2023) to a high of 149.9% (April 6, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Burdekin Falls was completed in 1987. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Burdekin River Basin basin at 20.687°S, 146.974°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 90.0%
- Water stored
- 1,673 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,860 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1,852 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Burdekin River
- River basin
- Burdekin River Basin
- Year completed
- 1987
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 20.687°S, 146.974°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 90.0% | 1,673 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 90.1% | 1,676 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 90.3% | 1,679 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 90.4% | 1,681 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 90.5% | 1,683 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 90.7% | 1,686 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 90.9% | 1,690 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 90.9% | 1,691 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 91.1% | 1,694 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 91.2% | 1,696 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 91.4% | 1,699 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 91.5% | 1,702 |