Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Fred Haigh
93.3% full
Capacity
562 hm³
Volume stored
524 hm³
River
Kolan River
Year completed
1975
Coordinates
24.815°S, 151.793°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
93.3%vs 7 days ago
+2.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+6.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
93.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 90.1% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Fred Haigh 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 −0.61). 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. 24.815°S, 151.793°E · Open in Google Maps
About Fred Haigh
As of October 26, 2026, Fred Haigh is filled to 93.3% of its total capacity, holding 524.41 hm³ of water out of a maximum 562 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 557.7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.3 percentage points, and it is 6.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Fred Haigh — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 84.6% (February 12, 2026) to a high of 104.2% (March 12, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Fred Haigh was completed in 1975. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Kolan River Basin basin at 24.815°S, 151.793°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 524.41 hm³
- Total capacity
- 562 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 557.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 6.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Kolan River
- River basin
- Kolan River Basin
- Year completed
- 1975
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.815°S, 151.793°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 93.3% | 524.41 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 93.0% | 522.58 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 515.35 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 91.4% | 513.62 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 91.2% | 512.75 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 91.2% | 512.69 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 91.2% | 512.61 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 511.53 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 511.54 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 91.1% | 512.03 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 91.2% | 512.51 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 91.3% | 512.94 |