AHQ Report - Lake Keowee
September 4
Lake Keowee is at 97.2% of full pool and water clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to the low to mid-80s over most of the lake.
August 21
Lake Keowee is at 97.9% of full pool and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures are back in the mid-80s.
August 9
Lake Keowee is at 97.8% of full pool and the main lake remains clear while the backs of major creeks are stained/ dirty from all the recent rain. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped a few degrees with mid- to upper 80s now found over most of the lake.
July 31
Lake Keowee is at 98.2% of full pool and water clarity remains high. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 80s to low 90s over most of the lake.
July 25
Lake Keowee is at 97.2% of full pool and water clarity remains high. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 80s to low 90s over most of the lake.
July 18
Lake Keowee is at 96.8% of full pool and water clarity remains high. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 80s over most of the lake.
July 10
Lake Keowee is at 98.3% of full pool and water clarity remains very high on the main body of the lake. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 80s over most of the lake.
July 3
Lake Keowee is at 97.7% of full pool and water clarity remains very high. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the upper 80s over most of the lake.
June 26
Lake Keowee is at 97.6% of full pool and water clarity remains very high. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the low to mid-80s over most of the lake.
June 19
Lake Keowee is at 97.5% of full pool and water clarity remains very high on the main lake. Morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-80s over most of the lake, although mid-70s can be found near the Jocassee dam.
June 11
Lake Keowee is at 98.5% of full pool and water clarity remains very high on the main lake. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 70s over most of the lake.
May 29
Lake Keowee is at 98.4% of full pool. Water clarity is high on the main lake with some stain in the back of major creeks. Morning surface water temperatures remain in the mid- to upper 70s over most of the lake.
May 21
Lake Keowee is at 97.5% of full pool. Water clarity is high on the main lake although there is some stain in the backs of major creeks which is clearing quickly. Morning surface water temperatures have risen to the mid- to upper 70s over most of the lake.
May 14
Lake Keowee is at 98.9% of full pool. Water clarity is high on the main lake but stained in the backs of major creeks from heavy rains the past couple of days. Morning surface water temperatures remain in the low to mid-70s over the vast majority of the lake.
May 7
Lake Keowee is at 98.9% of full pool. Water clarity is very high on the main lake and pollen levels are finally dropping. Morning surface water temperatures remain in the low to mid-70s over the vast majority of the lake.
April 30
Lake Keowee is at 98.6% of full pool and water clarity is very high on the main lake. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the low to mid-70s over the vast majority of the lake.
April 23
Lake Keowee is at 98.8% of full pool and water clarity is very high on the main lake. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the low 70s over most of the lake.
April 18
Lake Keowee is at 98.6% of full pool and water clarity remains high on the main lake, although pollen is still present. Morning surface water temperatures remain in the mid- to upper 60s over most of the lake with low 70s found near the nuclear station.
April 9
Lake Keowee is at 98.7% of full pool and water clarity is high on the main lake, but with the backs of major creeks stained to muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are now in the mid-60s over most of the lake and the upper 60s mid-lake.
April 3
Lake Keowee is at 98.5% of full pool and water clarity is high on the main lake (absent the pollen). Morning surface water temperatures are now in the mid-60s over most of the lake.
March 27
Lake Keowee is at 98.0% of full pool and water clarity is very high on the main lake, even with pollen concentrations. Morning surface water temperatures have now reached the low 60s over most of the lake with mid-60s found near the nuclear station.
March 20
Lake Keowee is at 98.0% of full pool and water clarity is very high on the main lake although a lot of pollen is now accumulating as well – and definitely having an effect on forward-facing sonar for the next few weeks! Morning surface water temperatures have inched up to the low 60s over most of the lake with mid-60s found near the nuclear station.
March 13
Lake Keowee is at 98.9% of full pool and water clarity is very high on the main lake with some stain found in the very back of major creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have now reached the low to mid-60s in the mid-lake region over the past few days, with most of the lake now in the upper 50s.
March 5
Lake Keowee is at 98.0% of full pool and water clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures in the low 60s can be found mid-lake with temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s now found throughout the rest of the lake.