Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Cressbrook Creek
66.4% full
Capacity
81.8 hm³
Volume stored
54 hm³
River
Cressbrook Creek
Year completed
1983
Coordinates
27.261°S, 152.190°E
Last updated
2026-10-21
Current fill
66.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-13.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
66.4% full on 2026-10-21, against an average of 75.3% for October across 4 years of readings (-8.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Cressbrook Creek 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 −0.44). 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: 2026-10-21.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 27.261°S, 152.190°E · Open in Google Maps
About Cressbrook Creek
As of October 21, 2026, Cressbrook Creek is filled to 66.4% of its total capacity, holding 54.37 hm³ of water out of a maximum 81.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 78.9 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it is 13.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cressbrook Creek — 814 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 21, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 66.4% (October 18, 2026) to a high of 99.2% (April 3, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Cressbrook Creek was completed in 1983. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Cressbrook Creek Basin basin at 27.261°S, 152.190°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 54.37 hm³
- Total capacity
- 81.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 78.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 13.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Cressbrook Creek
- River basin
- Cressbrook Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1983
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 27.261°S, 152.190°E
- Last updated
- October 21, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | 66.4% | 54.37 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 54.39 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 66.4% | 54.37 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 66.4% | 54.36 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 54.4 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 54.44 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 66.6% | 54.48 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 66.6% | 54.52 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 66.7% | 54.57 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 54.64 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 54.69 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 66.9% | 54.74 |