QUEIMADO
Minas Gerais · SAO FRANCISCO
Useful capacity
408.29 hm³
Coordinates
16.211°S, 47.325°W
Operator
ONS
38.1% of useful capacity
Current fill
38.1%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-2.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+4.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
38.1% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 38.3% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around QUEIMADO 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 +0.01). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 497.16 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 408.29 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | RIO PRETO |
| Province | Minas Gerais |
| River basin | SAO FRANCISCO |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 16.211°S, 47.325°W · Open in Google Maps
About QUEIMADO
As of October 27, 2026, QUEIMADO is at 38.1% of useful capacity, holding 155.7 hm³ of 408.29 hm³. Of the 497.16 hm³ total capacity, that is 31.3%. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.4 percentage points, and it is 4.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for QUEIMADO — 65 data points between October 27, 2025 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 22.6% (December 5, 2025) to a high of 99.7% (June 12, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the SAO FRANCISCO basin at 16.211°S, 47.325°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 38.1% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 155.7 hm³
- Total capacity
- 497.16 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 408.29 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.9 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- RIO PRETO
- River basin
- SAO FRANCISCO
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 16.211°S, 47.325°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 38.1% | 155.7 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 38.3% | 156.2 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 38.1% | 155.7 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 38.3% | 156.4 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 38.5% | 157.3 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 38.9% | 158.9 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 39.3% | 160.5 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 40.5% | 165.4 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41.7% | 170.1 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 42.8% | 174.7 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 43.9% | 179 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 44.9% | 183.4 |