Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Little Nerang
87.7% full
Capacity
6.7 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
River
Little Nerang Creek
Year completed
1961
Coordinates
28.158°S, 153.280°E
Last updated
2026-09-08
Current fill
87.7%vs 7 days ago
+0.6%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-7.4%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 Little Nerang
As of September 8, 2026, Little Nerang is filled to 87.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 6 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.6 pts), and it is 7.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Little Nerang — 815 data points between September 10, 2023 and September 8, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 54.8% (November 6, 2023) to a high of 109.1% (March 9, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Little Nerang was completed in 1961. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Little Nerang Creek Basin basin at 28.158°S, 153.280°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.7%
- Water stored
- 6 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.4 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Little Nerang Creek
- River basin
- Little Nerang Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1961
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 28.158°S, 153.280°E
- Last updated
- September 8, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | 87.7% | 6 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 87.7% | 6 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 87.6% | 6 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 87.5% | 6 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 87.4% | 6 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 87.2% | 6 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 87.2% | 6 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 87.1% | 6 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 87.3% | 6 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 87.5% | 6 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 87.7% | 6 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 87.9% | 6 |