Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Leslie
67.3% full
Capacity
106.3 hm³
Volume stored
72 hm³
River
Sandy Creek
Year completed
1965
Coordinates
28.240°S, 151.903°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
67.3%vs 7 days ago
+17.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-13.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
67.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 69.3% for October across 4 years of readings (-2.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Leslie 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 −0.59). 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 28.240°S, 151.903°E · Open in Google Maps
About Leslie
As of October 26, 2026, Leslie is filled to 67.3% of its total capacity, holding 71.53 hm³ of water out of a maximum 106.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 104.1 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 17.3 percentage points, and it is 13.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Leslie — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 50.0% (October 19, 2026) to a high of 84.9% (October 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around July.
The dam at Leslie was completed in 1965. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Sandy Creek Basin basin at 28.240°S, 151.903°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 67.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 71.53 hm³
- Total capacity
- 106.3 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 104.1 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 17.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 13.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Sandy Creek
- River basin
- Sandy Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1965
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 28.240°S, 151.903°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 67.3% | 71.53 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 57.66 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 53.3% | 56.58 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 52.5% | 55.83 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 50.4% | 53.56 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 50.0% | 53.13 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 50.0% | 53.12 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 50.0% | 53.17 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 50.3% | 53.42 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 50.7% | 53.82 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 51.1% | 54.25 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 54.62 |