Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Callide
18.1% full
Capacity
136.4 hm³
Volume stored
25 hm³
River
Callide Creek
Year completed
1965
Coordinates
24.355°S, 150.642°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
18.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+2.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
109%of normal
18.1% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 16.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+1.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Callide 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 −0.25). 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.355°S, 150.642°E · Open in Google Maps
About Callide
As of October 26, 2026, Callide is filled to 18.1% of its total capacity, holding 24.7 hm³ of water out of a maximum 136.4 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp), and it is 2.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Callide — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 15.6% (May 30, 2024) to a high of 28.0% (March 24, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Callide was completed in 1965. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Callide Creek Basin basin at 24.355°S, 150.642°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 18.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.7 hm³
- Total capacity
- 136.4 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.5 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Callide Creek
- River basin
- Callide Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1965
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.355°S, 150.642°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 18.1% | 24.7 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 18.2% | 24.77 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 18.2% | 24.82 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 18.2% | 24.88 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 18.3% | 24.93 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 18.3% | 24.98 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 18.4% | 25.04 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 18.4% | 25.11 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 18.5% | 25.19 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 18.5% | 25.29 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 18.6% | 25.35 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 18.7% | 25.44 |