MIRANDA
Minas Gerais · PARANAIBA
Capacity
1,120 hm³
Coordinates
-18.912°N, 48.039°W
Operator
ONS
60.0% full
Current fill
60.0%vs 7 days ago
-9.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
60.0% full on 2026-10-12, against an average of 68.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-8.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around MIRANDA 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 +0.37). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 1,120 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 145.6 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | ARAGUARI-MG |
| Province | Minas Gerais |
| River basin | PARANAIBA |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. -18.912, -48.039 · Open in Google Maps
About MIRANDA
As of October 12, 2026, MIRANDA is filled to 60.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 87 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,120 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 146 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 9.5 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for MIRANDA — 52 data points between October 31, 2025 and October 12, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 46.6% (July 17, 2026) to a high of 95.2% (August 14, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the PARANAIBA basin at 18.912°S, 48.039°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 60.0%
- Water stored
- 87 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,120 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 146 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 9.5 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- ARAGUARI-MG
- River basin
- PARANAIBA
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 18.912°S, 48.039°W
- Last updated
- October 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 60.0% | 87 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 91 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 69.4% | 101 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 76.6% | 112 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 70.1% | 102 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 63.7% | 93 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 63.3% | 92 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 65.7% | 96 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 69.4% | 101 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 95.2% | 139 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 85.5% | 125 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 76.3% | 111 |