Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Tinana Barrage
128.8% full
Capacity
4.8 hm³
Volume stored
6 hm³
River
Tinana Creek
Year completed
1980
Coordinates
25.572°S, 152.713°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
128.8%vs 7 days ago
+40.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+42.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
138%of normal
128.8% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 93.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+35.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tinana Barrage 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 −0.32). 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. 25.572°S, 152.713°E · Open in Google Maps
About Tinana Barrage
As of October 26, 2026, Tinana Barrage is filled to 128.8% of its total capacity, holding 6.12 hm³ of water out of a maximum 4.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full. Of that total, 2.7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 40.5 percentage points, and it is 42.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Tinana Barrage — 1090 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 73.4% (November 19, 2023) to a high of 143.6% (March 11, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Tinana Barrage was completed in 1980. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Tinana Creek Basin basin at 25.572°S, 152.713°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 128.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.12 hm³
- Total capacity
- 4.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 2.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 40.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 42.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Tinana Creek
- River basin
- Tinana Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1980
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 25.572°S, 152.713°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 128.8% | 6.12 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 128.0% | 6.08 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 108.2% | 5.14 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 4.6 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 89.6% | 4.26 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 4.21 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 4.21 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 4.19 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 88.2% | 4.19 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 88.6% | 4.21 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 4.23 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 4.25 |