Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Kinchant
95.8% full
Capacity
62.8 hm³
Volume stored
60 hm³
River
North Sandy Creek
Year completed
1977
Coordinates
21.207°S, 148.882°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
95.8%vs 7 days ago
-2.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
+5.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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: 2026-09-08.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Kinchant
As of September 8, 2026, Kinchant is filled to 95.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 60 hm³ of water out of a maximum 63 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 62 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it is 5.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kinchant — 1095 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 61.0% (December 24, 2025) to a high of 112.7% (March 29, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Kinchant was completed in 1977. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the North Sandy Creek Basin basin at 21.207°S, 148.882°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.8%
- Water stored
- 60 hm³
- Total capacity
- 63 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 62 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.5 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- North Sandy Creek
- River basin
- North Sandy Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1977
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 21.207°S, 148.882°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 95.8% | 60 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 96.1% | 60 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 96.4% | 61 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 96.8% | 61 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 97.0% | 61 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 97.3% | 61 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 97.6% | 61 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 97.8% | 61 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 98.0% | 62 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 98.1% | 62 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 98.3% | 62 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 98.5% | 62 |