Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Mary Barrage
104.0% full
Capacity
12 hm³
Volume stored
13 hm³
River
Mary River
Year completed
1983
Coordinates
25.648°S, 152.617°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
104.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-1.8%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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Mary Barrage
As of September 9, 2026, Mary Barrage is filled to 104.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 13 hm³ of water out of a maximum 12 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full. Of that total, about 7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 1.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mary Barrage — 1079 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 90.4% (November 19, 2023) to a high of 149.8% (March 29, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Mary Barrage was completed in 1983. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Mary River Basin basin at 25.648°S, 152.617°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 104.0%
- Water stored
- 13 hm³
- Total capacity
- 12 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.8 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Mary River
- River basin
- Mary River Basin
- Year completed
- 1983
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 25.648°S, 152.617°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 104.0% | 12 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 104.1% | 12 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 104.2% | 13 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 104.3% | 13 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 104.3% | 13 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 104.4% | 13 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 104.6% | 13 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 104.7% | 13 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 104.7% | 13 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 104.7% | 13 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 104.8% | 13 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 105.0% | 13 |