Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Cooby Creek
81.5% full
Capacity
21 hm³
Volume stored
17 hm³
River
Cooby Creek
Year completed
1941
Coordinates
27.383°S, 151.944°E
Last updated
2026-09-06
Current fill
81.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
-11.3%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: 2026-09-06.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Cooby Creek
As of September 6, 2026, Cooby Creek is filled to 81.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 17 hm³ of water out of a maximum 21 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 20 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it is 11.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cooby Creek — 750 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 50.5% (October 10, 2025) to a high of 139.7% (June 19, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Cooby Creek was completed in 1941. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Cooby Creek Basin basin at 27.383°S, 151.944°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.5%
- Water stored
- 17 hm³
- Total capacity
- 21 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.3 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Cooby Creek
- River basin
- Cooby Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1941
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 27.383°S, 151.944°E
- Last updated
- September 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 | 81.5% | 17 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 81.5% | 17 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 81.5% | 17 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 81.5% | 17 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 17 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 81.7% | 17 |