Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Kurwongbah
98.1% full
Capacity
14.2 hm³
Volume stored
14 hm³
River
Sideling Creek
Year completed
1969
Coordinates
27.238°S, 152.957°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
98.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
-0.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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 Lake Kurwongbah
As of September 8, 2026, Lake Kurwongbah is filled to 98.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 14 hm³ of water out of a maximum 14 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Kurwongbah — 1060 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 80.2% (January 28, 2026) to a high of 129.3% (November 3, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Lake Kurwongbah was completed in 1969. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Sideling Creek Basin basin at 27.238°S, 152.957°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.1%
- Water stored
- 14 hm³
- Total capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.3 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Sideling Creek
- River basin
- Sideling Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1969
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 27.238°S, 152.957°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 98.1% | 14 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 98.2% | 14 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 98.3% | 14 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 98.4% | 14 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 98.4% | 14 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 98.5% | 14 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 98.6% | 14 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 98.6% | 14 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 98.7% | 14 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 98.7% | 14 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 98.8% | 14 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 98.9% | 14 |