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Level of the Lake

Lake Murray

Elevation at Saluda Dam (Dreher Shoals)

353.56ft

feet above sea level

6.44 ft below full · down 0.58 ft this week

Below winter pool
updated 6:15 PM EST

Past 24 hours

−0.14 ft

level change

Since midnight

−0.09 ft

level change

Past 30 days

−2.31 ft

level change

Storage

—

no storage reading

Water temp

64.2°F

below Saluda Dam

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Murray is easing down (−0.58 ft this week). Releases, evaporation and intakes are taking out more than is coming in. That puts it in the “Below winter pool” range, 3.56 ft above the “Deep drawdown” line.

Past 30 days

−2.29 ft over this window
354.00355.00356.00Oct 14Oct 29Nov 13↓ typical for these dates: 344.95–354.93 ft
Lake elevation, past 30 days, now 353.65 ft, down 2.29 ft over the window
DateElevation (ft)
Oct 14355.94
Oct 15355.87
Oct 16355.83
Oct 17355.73
Oct 18355.63
Oct 19355.55
Oct 20355.46
Oct 21355.38
Oct 22355.30
Oct 23355.21
Oct 24355.13
Oct 25355.04
Oct 26354.95
Oct 27354.90
Oct 28354.82
Oct 29354.75
Oct 30354.68
Oct 31354.58
Nov 1354.49
Nov 2354.41
Nov 3354.33
Nov 4354.28
Nov 5354.19
Nov 6354.19
Nov 7354.11
Nov 8354.04
Nov 9353.98
Nov 10353.93
Nov 11353.85
Nov 12353.71
Nov 13353.65

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 344.7319966.44 ft to full353.56 ft

Rivers into the lake

Rivers & rain →

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589 cfs34 cfs26 cfs649 cfs2,160 cfsout the dam nowSaluda589 cfsLittle River34 cfsBush River26 cfsLake MurraySaluda + Little + BushMurray storagein 649 · out 2,160 cfsnet −1,511 cfs ≈ -2,997 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

649cfs 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.