Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Perseverance
55.2% full
Capacity
30.1 hm³
Volume stored
17 hm³
River
Perseverance Creek
Year completed
1965
Coordinates
27.299°S, 152.123°E
Last updated
2026-10-21
Current fill
55.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-31.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
72%of normal
55.2% full on 2026-10-21, against an average of 77.1% for October across 4 years of readings (-21.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Perseverance 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 −0.44). 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: 2026-10-21.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 27.299°S, 152.123°E · Open in Google Maps
About Perseverance
As of October 21, 2026, Perseverance is filled to 55.2% of its total capacity, holding 16.63 hm³ of water out of a maximum 30.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 26.7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp), and it is 31.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Perseverance — 801 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 21, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 55.0% (October 4, 2026) to a high of 90.5% (March 29, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around September.
The dam at Perseverance was completed in 1965. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Perseverance Creek Basin basin at 27.299°S, 152.123°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 55.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 16.63 hm³
- Total capacity
- 30.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 26.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 31.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Perseverance Creek
- River basin
- Perseverance Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1965
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 27.299°S, 152.123°E
- Last updated
- October 21, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | 55.2% | 16.63 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 55.1% | 16.62 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.59 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.57 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.57 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.57 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.57 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.57 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.58 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.59 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.59 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 16.59 |