Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Manchester
88.8% full
Capacity
26.2 hm³
Volume stored
23 hm³
River
Cabbage Tree Creek
Year completed
1916
Coordinates
27.478°S, 152.769°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
88.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-10.9%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 Manchester
As of September 8, 2026, Lake Manchester is filled to 88.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 23 hm³ of water out of a maximum 26 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pts), and it is 10.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Manchester — 831 data points between January 16, 2024 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 86.9% (May 13, 2026) to a high of 115.5% (March 10, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around April.
The dam at Lake Manchester was completed in 1916. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Cabbage Tree Creek Basin basin at 27.478°S, 152.769°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.8%
- Water stored
- 23 hm³
- Total capacity
- 26 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 10.9 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Cabbage Tree Creek
- River basin
- Cabbage Tree Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1916
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 27.478°S, 152.769°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 88.8% | 23 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 23 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 23 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 23 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 23 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 89.0% | 23 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 89.0% | 23 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 89.0% | 23 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 89.0% | 23 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 89.0% | 23 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 89.1% | 23 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 89.1% | 23 |