Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Neville Hewitt Weir
53.7% full
Capacity
11.3 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
River
Dawson River
Year completed
1976
Coordinates
24.186°S, 149.806°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
53.7%vs 7 days ago
+10.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-8.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
91%of normal
53.7% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 59.3% for October across 4 years of readings (-5.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Neville Hewitt Weir 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 −0.31). 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. 24.186°S, 149.806°E · Open in Google Maps
About Neville Hewitt Weir
As of October 26, 2026, Neville Hewitt Weir is filled to 53.7% of its total capacity, holding 6.06 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 10.7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 10.2 percentage points, and it is 8.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Neville Hewitt Weir — 1090 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.2% (December 20, 2023) to a high of 148.2% (March 15, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Neville Hewitt Weir was completed in 1976. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Dawson River Basin basin at 24.186°S, 149.806°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 53.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.06 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11.3 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 10.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.9 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Dawson River
- River basin
- Dawson River Basin
- Year completed
- 1976
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 24.186°S, 149.806°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 53.7% | 6.06 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 49.1% | 5.55 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 45.8% | 5.18 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 43.5% | 4.91 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 4.91 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 43.5% | 4.91 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 43.5% | 4.91 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 43.5% | 4.92 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 4.9 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 4.9 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 4.91 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 4.91 |