Reservoir · Western Australia · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Quickup
103.5% full
Capacity
1.2 hm³
Volume stored
1 hm³
River
Quickup River
Year completed
1989
Coordinates
34.899°S, 117.385°E
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
103.5%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
103.5% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 90.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+12.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Quickup had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.20). 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: 2026-10-20.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.899°S, 117.385°E · Open in Google Maps
About Quickup
As of October 20, 2026, Quickup is filled to 103.5% of its total capacity, holding 1.23 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points, and it is 2.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Quickup — 990 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 29.3% (June 2, 2025) to a high of 110.5% (September 10, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Quickup was completed in 1989. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Quickup River Basin basin at 34.899°S, 117.385°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 103.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.23 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Quickup River
- River basin
- Quickup River Basin
- Year completed
- 1989
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.899°S, 117.385°E
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 103.5% | 1.23 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 103.6% | 1.23 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 103.8% | 1.23 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 103.9% | 1.24 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 104.0% | 1.24 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 104.1% | 1.24 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 104.3% | 1.24 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 104.5% | 1.24 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 104.6% | 1.25 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 104.8% | 1.25 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 1.25 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 105.2% | 1.25 |