Cania Dam
Cania Dam is located in Queensland
Cania Dam
Cania Dam
Location93 km (58 mi) South West of Gladstone, Queensland
Coordinates24°38′55″S 150°59′06″E / 24.6487°S 150.985°E / -24.6487; 150.985
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsThree Moon Creek
Primary outflowsThree Moon Creek
Catchment area280 km2 (110 sq mi)
Basin countriesAustralia
Max. length350 m (1,150 ft)
Surface area760 ha (1,900 acres)
Max. depth40.1 m (132 ft)
Water volume88,580 ML (3,128×10^6 cu ft)[1]
Surface elevation331 m (1,086 ft)
SettlementsNear Monto, Queensland
References[1]

Cania Dam is a dam in central Queensland, Australia, 37 kilometres (23 mi) north west of Monto, in the locality of Cania. The dam is situated on Three Moon Creek, a tributary of the Burnett River. The dam wall is an earth and rock-fill embankment type. It has a surface area of 7.6 square kilometres (1,878 acres), an average depth of 12 metres (39 ft) and a capacity of 88,580 ML. The dam is named after the abandoned gold mining town of Cania, which was inundated by the lake as it filled.[2]


The dam is stocked with Australian Bass, Golden Perch, Silver Perch, and Saratoga under the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme.[3]


The dam was completed in 1982, and after reaching a low of 3.31% in February 2003, it overflowed for the first time in late December 2010. The dam overflowed again in 2012, 2013 (reaching its highest recorded level of 133.32% capacity), 2015, and 2017.[4]

Fishing

Cania Dam wall looking Northeast towards Castle Mountain. August 1 2021.

A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Sunwater Current Water Storage Information
  2. ↑ "Cania Dam". Sunwater. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ↑ NAME, c=AU; o=The State of Queensland; ou=DEPARTMENT NAME; ou=UNIT. "Add your heading". www.daf.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 20 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Jack.lawrie, By (1 April 2017). "Cania Dam spill expected to last two to three days". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Fishing in Queensland dams? You may need a permit. Archived August 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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