Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Kroombit
1.0% full
Capacity
14.6 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
River
Kroombit Creek
Year completed
1992
Coordinates
24.415°S, 150.779°E
Last updated
2026-10-13
Current fill
1.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+0.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
167%of normal
1.0% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 0.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Kroombit had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.35). 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: 2026-10-13.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -24.415, 150.779 · Open in Google Maps
About Kroombit
As of October 13, 2026, Kroombit is filled to 1.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 0 hm³ of water out of a maximum 15 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kroombit — 1095 data points between October 15, 2023 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.4% (October 23, 2023) to a high of 42.4% (March 18, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Kroombit was completed in 1992. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Kroombit Creek Basin basin at 24.415°S, 150.779°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 1.0%
- Water stored
- 0 hm³
- Total capacity
- 15 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.6 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Kroombit Creek
- River basin
- Kroombit Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1992
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.415°S, 150.779°E
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 1.0% | 0 |