Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Kinchant
86.1% full
Capacity
62.8 hm³
Volume stored
54 hm³
River
North Sandy Creek
Year completed
1977
Coordinates
21.207°S, 148.882°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
86.1%vs 7 days ago
+2.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+10.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
86.1% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 82.6% 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 Kinchant 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 +0.32). 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. 21.207°S, 148.882°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kinchant
As of October 26, 2026, Kinchant is filled to 86.1% of its total capacity, holding 54.05 hm³ of water out of a maximum 62.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 62.2 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.1 percentage points, and it is 10.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kinchant — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 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
- 86.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 54.05 hm³
- Total capacity
- 62.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 62.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 10.7 pp
- 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
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 86.1% | 54.05 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 85.9% | 53.95 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 86.0% | 54.03 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 85.0% | 53.4 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 84.8% | 53.25 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 84.7% | 53.17 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 84.3% | 52.96 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 84.0% | 52.77 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 52.39 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 82.9% | 52.04 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 52.01 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 82.6% | 51.9 |