Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Bellfield
88.6% full
Capacity
78.6 hm³
Volume stored
70 hm³
River
Fyans Creek
Year completed
1966
Coordinates
37.193°S, 142.551°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
88.6%vs 7 days ago
+1.7%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+12.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Lake Bellfield
As of September 9, 2026, Lake Bellfield is filled to 88.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 70 hm³ of water out of a maximum 79 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 78 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 12.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Bellfield — 1096 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 64.5% (May 22, 2026) to a high of 98.4% (September 10, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October 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
- 88.6%
- Water stored
- 70 hm³
- Total capacity
- 79 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 78 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 12.0 pts
- 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
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 88.6% | 70 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 88.5% | 70 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 88.3% | 69 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 87.9% | 69 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 87.5% | 69 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 87.2% | 68 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 87.0% | 68 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 86.9% | 68 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 86.8% | 68 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 86.7% | 68 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 86.6% | 68 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 86.4% | 68 |