Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Upper Stony Creek No. 3
54.5% full
Capacity
3.7 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
River
Upper Stony Creek
Year completed
1918
Coordinates
37.820°S, 144.192°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
54.5%vs 7 days ago
+2.4 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+8.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
54.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 63.9% for October across 4 years of readings (-9.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Stony Creek No. 3 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 +0.05). 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. 37.820°S, 144.192°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Stony Creek No. 3
As of October 26, 2026, Upper Stony Creek No. 3 is filled to 54.5% of its total capacity, holding 2.02 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3.7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.4 percentage points, and it is 8.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Upper Stony Creek No. 3 — 1087 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 24.1% (August 11, 2025) to a high of 96.9% (January 4, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around August.
The dam at Upper Stony Creek No. 3 was completed in 1918. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Upper Stony Creek Basin basin at 37.820°S, 144.192°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.02 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3.7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 8.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Upper Stony Creek
- River basin
- Upper Stony Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1918
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 37.820°S, 144.192°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 54.5% | 2.02 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 53.0% | 1.97 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 52.7% | 1.95 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 52.6% | 1.95 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 52.5% | 1.94 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 52.3% | 1.94 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 52.2% | 1.93 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 52.1% | 1.93 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 52.1% | 1.93 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 52.1% | 1.93 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 52.2% | 1.93 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 52.4% | 1.94 |