Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Manchester
92.9% full
Capacity
26.217 hm³
Volume stored
24 hm³
River
Cabbage Tree Creek
Year completed
1916
Coordinates
27.478°S, 152.769°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
92.9%vs 7 days ago
+5.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-5.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
92.9% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 95.5% for October across 3 years of readings (-2.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Manchester 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 −0.33). 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. 27.478°S, 152.769°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Manchester
As of October 28, 2026, Lake Manchester is filled to 92.9% of its total capacity, holding 24.354 hm³ of water out of a maximum 26.217 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.6 percentage points, and it is 5.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Manchester — 880 data points between January 16, 2024 and October 28, 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 Seqwater 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
- 92.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.354 hm³
- Total capacity
- 26.217 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Cabbage Tree Creek
- River basin
- Cabbage Tree Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1916
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 27.478°S, 152.769°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 92.9% | 24.354 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 92.6% | 24.28 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 92.4% | 24.21 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 24.13 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 91.3% | 23.93 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 88.2% | 23.13 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 87.3% | 22.87 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 22.86 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 22.85 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 87.0% | 22.82 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 22.84 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 22.86 |