Reservoir · South Australia · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Kangaroo Creek
100.6% full
Capacity
18.7 hm³
Volume stored
19 hm³
River
River Torrens
Year completed
1969
Coordinates
34.864°S, 138.786°E
Last updated
2026-09-05
Current fill
100.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
+52.8%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: 2026-09-05.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Kangaroo Creek
As of September 5, 2026, Kangaroo Creek is filled to 100.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 19 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pts), and it is 52.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kangaroo Creek — 1089 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 5, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.1% (May 25, 2025) to a high of 101.0% (August 27, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Kangaroo Creek was completed in 1969. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the River Torrens Basin basin at 34.864°S, 138.786°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.6%
- Water stored
- 19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 19 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 52.8 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- River Torrens
- River basin
- River Torrens Basin
- Year completed
- 1969
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.864°S, 138.786°E
- Last updated
- September 5, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2026 | 100.6% | 19 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 100.6% | 19 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.7% | 19 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 100.7% | 19 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 100.7% | 19 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 100.8% | 19 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 100.8% | 19 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 100.9% | 19 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 101.0% | 19 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 101.0% | 19 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 100.7% | 19 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 98.1% | 18 |