Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Pykes Creek Reservoir
100.6% full
Capacity
22.1 hm³
Volume stored
22 hm³
River
Pykes Creek
Year completed
1911
Coordinates
37.599°S, 144.295°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
100.6%vs 7 days ago
+0.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+33.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
119%of normal
100.6% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 84.2% for October across 4 years of readings (+16.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Pykes Creek Reservoir 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 +0.23). 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. 37.599°S, 144.295°E · Open in Google Maps
About Pykes Creek Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Pykes Creek Reservoir is filled to 100.6% of its total capacity, holding 22.24 hm³ of water out of a maximum 22.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full. Of that total, 20.3 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.7 pp), and it is 33.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pykes Creek Reservoir — 1074 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 54.0% (June 1, 2026) to a high of 101.9% (October 3, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Pykes Creek Reservoir was completed in 1911. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Pykes Creek Basin basin at 37.599°S, 144.295°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 22.24 hm³
- Total capacity
- 22.1 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 20.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 33.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Pykes Creek
- River basin
- Pykes Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1911
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 37.599°S, 144.295°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 100.6% | 22.24 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 100.3% | 22.18 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 99.9% | 22.09 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 22.07 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 22.07 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 22.07 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 22.08 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 99.9% | 22.1 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 22.12 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 100.1% | 22.14 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 100.1% | 22.15 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.1% | 22.14 |