Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Kurwongbah
101.6% full
Capacity
14.192 hm³
Volume stored
14 hm³
River
Sideling Creek
Year completed
1969
Coordinates
27.238°S, 152.957°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
101.6%vs 7 days ago
+5.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+6.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
101.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 96.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+5.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Kurwongbah 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 −0.14). 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 27.238°S, 152.957°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Kurwongbah
As of October 28, 2026, Lake Kurwongbah is filled to 101.6% of its total capacity, holding 14.425 hm³ of water out of a maximum 14.192 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.3 percentage points, and it is 6.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Kurwongbah — 1061 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 28, 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 November.
The dam at Lake Kurwongbah was completed in 1969. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Sideling Creek Basin basin at 27.238°S, 152.957°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 101.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 14.425 hm³
- Total capacity
- 14.192 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 6.5 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Sideling Creek
- River basin
- Sideling Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1969
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 27.238°S, 152.957°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 101.6% | 14.425 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 102.5% | 14.55 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 103.0% | 14.62 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 103.9% | 14.75 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 109.3% | 15.51 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 108.1% | 15.34 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 13.66 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 13.63 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 95.6% | 13.57 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 95.3% | 13.53 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 13.51 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 95.0% | 13.48 |