Level of the Lake

Lake Murray

Elevation at Saluda Dam (Dreher Shoals)

355.61ft

feet above sea level

4.39 ft below full · down 0.31 ft this week

Normal operating range
updated 12:00 PM EDT

Since midnight

−0.06 ft

level change

Past 30 days

−0.82 ft

level change

Storage

—

no storage reading

Water temp

60.1°F

below Saluda Dam

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Murray is easing down (−0.31 ft this week). Releases, evaporation and intake are taking out more than the rivers bring in (≈484 cfs). That puts it in the “Normal operating range” range, 1.61 ft above the “Below winter pool” line.

Past 30 days

−0.80 ft over this window
356.00356.50Aug 29Sep 13Sep 28↓ typical for these dates: 346.53–356.29 ft
Lake elevation, past 30 days, now 355.66 ft, down 0.80 ft over the window
DateElevation (ft)
Aug 29356.46
Aug 30356.43
Aug 31356.40
Sep 1356.36
Sep 2356.34
Sep 3356.31
Sep 4356.27
Sep 5356.27
Sep 6356.29
Sep 7356.23
Sep 8356.18
Sep 9356.15
Sep 10356.10
Sep 11356.10
Sep 12356.09
Sep 13356.08
Sep 14356.06
Sep 15356.00
Sep 16355.96
Sep 17355.90
Sep 18355.91
Sep 19355.88
Sep 20355.97
Sep 21355.94
Sep 22355.92
Sep 23355.85
Sep 24355.83
Sep 25355.78
Sep 26355.75
Sep 27355.70
Sep 28355.66

Daily mean elevation · USGS 02168500 daily means · provisional

Typical for these dates: the middle half of years since 1930 in the lake’s record, median dashed.

The lake in cross-section

Historic high 361.41936Full pond 360Summer target 358Winter drawdown 354Modern low 344.7319964.39 ft to full355.61 ft

Rivers into the lake

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439 cfs22 cfs24 cfs484 cfs1,090 cfsout the dam nowSaluda439 cfsLittle River22 cfsBush River24 cfsLake MurraySaluda + Little + BushMurray storagein 484 · out 1,090 cfsnet −606 cfs ≈ -1,201 af/daySaluda River below L…USGS gauge below Saluda…
SteadyReceding · high water draining downOn the rise · climbing right nowInbound wave · big rise upstreamFlooding · NWS, by river heightNo current readingRising or falling is judged from each gauge’s last 48 hours, scaled to its river. Dot speed follows the flow. NWS flood status comes from river height and outranks direction.

Streamflow at the 3 USGS gauges, plus the current flow out through the dam (USGS). Labels are gauge readings in cfs. Line width isn’t to scale. The lake’s net is worked out from these gauges (flow in minus flow out), so it misses ungauged creeks, evaporation and withdrawals.

The rivers, gauge by gauge

484cfs combined

91% of the inflow is coming from the Saluda

Gauged rivers only. Runoff below these gauges and ungauged arms aren’t counted. Streamflow: USGS (provisional). Flood status: NOAA/NWS, from river height at each gauge rather than flow.