Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Fitzroy Falls
93.6% full
Capacity
22.9 hm³
Volume stored
21 hm³
River
Yarrunga Creek
Year completed
1974
Coordinates
34.642°S, 150.498°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
93.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+10.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
93.6% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 90.1% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Fitzroy Falls 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 −0.34). 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. 34.642°S, 150.498°E · Open in Google Maps
About Fitzroy Falls
As of October 26, 2026, Fitzroy Falls is filled to 93.6% of its total capacity, holding 21.46 hm³ of water out of a maximum 22.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 10 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it is 10.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Fitzroy Falls — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 74.5% (March 27, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (May 23, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Fitzroy Falls was completed in 1974. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Yarrunga Creek Basin basin at 34.642°S, 150.498°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 21.46 hm³
- Total capacity
- 22.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 10.0 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Yarrunga Creek
- River basin
- Yarrunga Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1974
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.642°S, 150.498°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 21.46 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 21.46 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 21.48 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 21.48 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 93.5% | 21.43 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 93.5% | 21.43 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 93.6% | 21.45 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 21.48 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 21.5 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 21.5 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 21.51 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 21.47 |