Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Bellfield
91.8% full
Capacity
78.6 hm³
Volume stored
72 hm³
River
Fyans Creek
Year completed
1966
Coordinates
37.193°S, 142.551°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
91.8%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+13.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
108%of normal
91.8% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 85.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+6.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Bellfield 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 +0.04). 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.193°S, 142.551°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Bellfield
As of October 27, 2026, Lake Bellfield is filled to 91.8% of its total capacity, holding 72.14 hm³ of water out of a maximum 78.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 77.6 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp), and it is 13.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Bellfield — 1096 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 64.5% (May 22, 2026) to a high of 97.0% (October 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Lake Bellfield was completed in 1966. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Fyans Creek Basin basin at 37.193°S, 142.551°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 91.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 72.14 hm³
- Total capacity
- 78.6 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 77.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 13.3 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Fyans Creek
- River basin
- Fyans Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1966
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 37.193°S, 142.551°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 91.8% | 72.14 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 91.8% | 72.14 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 91.8% | 72.11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.07 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.06 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.07 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.08 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.07 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.08 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.08 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.07 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 91.7% | 72.06 |