Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Maroon
103.7% full
Capacity
44.319 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
River
Burnett Creek
Year completed
1974
Coordinates
28.190°S, 152.645°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
103.7%vs 7 days ago
+5.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+5.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
105%of normal
103.7% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 98.8% for October across 4 years of readings (+4.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Maroon 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 −0.51). 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. 28.190°S, 152.645°E · Open in Google Maps
About Maroon
As of October 28, 2026, Maroon is filled to 103.7% of its total capacity, holding 45.977 hm³ of water out of a maximum 44.319 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.5 percentage points, and it is 5.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Maroon — 1035 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 86.7% (October 29, 2023) to a high of 117.2% (March 11, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Maroon was completed in 1974. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Burnett Creek Basin basin at 28.190°S, 152.645°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 103.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 45.977 hm³
- Total capacity
- 44.319 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.0 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Burnett Creek
- River basin
- Burnett Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1974
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 28.190°S, 152.645°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 103.7% | 45.977 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 105.8% | 46.91 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 44.61 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 100.4% | 44.51 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 102.0% | 45.19 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 100.8% | 44.67 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 98.2% | 43.5 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 43.45 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 43.43 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 43.41 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 43.43 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 43.44 |