Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Teemburra
96.9% full
Capacity
147.6 hm³
Volume stored
143 hm³
River
Teemburra Creek
Year completed
1996
Coordinates
21.201°S, 148.654°E
Last updated
2026-10-11
Current fill
96.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
96.9% full on 2026-10-11, against an average of 97.4% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Teemburra 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 −0.55). 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: 2026-10-11.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -21.201, 148.654 · Open in Google Maps
About Teemburra
As of October 11, 2026, Teemburra is filled to 96.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 143 hm³ of water out of a maximum 148 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 139 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Teemburra — 1095 data points between October 13, 2023 and October 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 93.1% (December 22, 2025) to a high of 107.3% (March 28, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Teemburra was completed in 1996. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Teemburra Creek Basin basin at 21.201°S, 148.654°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.9%
- Water stored
- 143 hm³
- Total capacity
- 148 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 139 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Teemburra Creek
- River basin
- Teemburra Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1996
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 21.201°S, 148.654°E
- Last updated
- October 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 143 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 143 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 143 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 143 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 144 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 144 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 97.5% | 144 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 144 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 97.7% | 144 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 97.7% | 144 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 144 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 97.8% | 144 |