Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Teemburra
97.3% full
Capacity
147.6 hm³
Volume stored
144 hm³
River
Teemburra Creek
Year completed
1996
Coordinates
21.201°S, 148.654°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
97.3%vs 7 days ago
+0.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+2.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
97.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 97.2% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 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 +0.09). 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. 21.201°S, 148.654°E · Open in Google Maps
About Teemburra
As of October 26, 2026, Teemburra is filled to 97.3% of its total capacity, holding 143.57 hm³ of water out of a maximum 147.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 139.3 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.5 pp), and it is 2.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Teemburra — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 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
- 97.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 143.57 hm³
- Total capacity
- 147.6 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 139.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.3 pp
- 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 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 143.57 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 143.41 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 143.22 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 142.86 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 142.84 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 142.85 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 142.86 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 142.81 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 142.58 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 142.39 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 142.43 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 142.4 |