Hydrowet — Lake Murray, live

updated Sep 14, 9:00 AM

Lake Murray · elevation at Saluda Dam (Dreher Shoals)

350.74ft above sea level

-0.01 ftsince midnight

-0.20 ft7 days

-0.75 ft30 days

Murray is holding steady — inflows and outflows are roughly in balance this week. That puts it in the “Normal operating range” range, 2.1 ft above the “Below winter pool” line.

Storage

—

acre-feet

To full pool (360 ft)

3.9 ft

below full

Percent full

—

of full-pool storage

Water temp

58.6°F

below Saluda Dam

The lake in cross-section

Past 30d

-0.74 ft over this window

Daily mean elevation · official lake gauge · provisional

Normal operating range

What this level means →

Where the water is flowing

Full water budget →

SteadyReceding · high water draining downOn the rise · climbing right nowInbound wave · big rise upstreamFlooding · NWS, by river height— direction is judged from each gauge’s own last 48 hours, scaled to its river; dot speed follows the flow itself. NWS flood status is judged by river height and outranks direction

Live streamflow at the 3 USGS gauges, plus the live flow leaving through the dam (USGS). Labels show measured flow — line width is not to scale.

Tributary inflow · gauged rivers upstream

808.8cfs combined

93% of gauged inflow is coming from the Saluda

Saluda River at Chappells
756 cfs93%USGS · 8:15 AM EDT
Little River near Silverstreet
34.3 cfs4%USGS · 8:30 AM EDT
Bush River near Prosperity
18.5 cfs2%USGS · 8:30 AM EDT

Gauged tributaries only — runoff below these gauges and ungauged arms are not included. Streamflow: USGS, provisional, stamped per reading. Flood status: NOAA/NWS, judged by river height at each gauge — not by the flow number.

drawing up the lake…

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