Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
White Spur Lake
4.3% full
Capacity
1.8 hm³
Volume stored
0 hm³
River
White Spur Creek
Year completed
1989
Coordinates
41.893°S, 145.530°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
4.3%vs 7 days ago
+1.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
52%of normal
4.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 8.2% for October across 4 years of readings (-3.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around White Spur Lake 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 −1.02). 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. 41.893°S, 145.530°E · Open in Google Maps
About White Spur Lake
As of October 26, 2026, White Spur Lake is filled to 4.3% of its total capacity, holding 0.08 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 0.9 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 1.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for White Spur Lake — 1094 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.7% (February 13, 2025) to a high of 55.8% (July 25, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around March.
The dam at White Spur Lake was completed in 1989. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the White Spur Creek Basin basin at 41.893°S, 145.530°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 4.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.08 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 0.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- White Spur Creek
- River basin
- White Spur Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1989
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 41.893°S, 145.530°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 4.3% | 0.08 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 2.4% | 0.04 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 2.3% | 0.04 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 2.3% | 0.04 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 2.3% | 0.04 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 2.4% | 0.04 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 2.5% | 0.04 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2.6% | 0.04 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 2.7% | 0.05 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 3.0% | 0.05 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 3.5% | 0.06 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 4.7% | 0.08 |