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March 14
After spiking to almost 662.5 Lake Hartwell water levels are still very high but back down to 661.55 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity varies. Surface water temperatures were about 55-56 this morning.
March 7
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 661.46 and still climbing (full pool is 660.00), and the water is fast getting muddy. Surface water temperatures were 55 this morning but the dirty water is quickly warming and by noon surface water temperatures were already up to 58 degrees.
February 29
Lake Hartwell water levels went above full but have now dropped back to 659.98 (full pool is 660.00) and the water has cleared and the creeks now have just a light stain. Morning surface water temperatures this morning were 52 degrees.
February 22
Lake Hartwell water levels are fairly stable at 659.85 (full pool is 660.00) and the creeks are still muddy but the main lake is just a little dingy. Morning surface water temperatures range from the upper 40s to low 50s.
February 15
Lake Hartwell water levels are almost full at 659.70 (full pool is 660.00) and the creeks are muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50-51 degrees.
February 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 658.78 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared although smaller creeks are still a bit dirty in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures are about 49 degrees.
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Located on the Georgia/ South Carolina border less than ten miles to the west of Anderson, South Carolina, the Hartwell Dam and Reservoir were constructed between 1955 and 1963. The top lake of the three “Savannah River chain” lakes, the lake is created by the Hartwell Dam located on the Savannah River seven miles below the point where the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers join to form the Savannah. One of the Southeast’s largest and most popular lakes, Lake Hartwell covers approximately 56,000 acres at full pool, has around 962 miles of shoreline, and extends 49 miles up the Tugaloo River and 45 miles up the Seneca River.
A very popular fishing lake with abundant underwater timber, Clarks Hill is known for its largemouth bass fishery, a large population of stocked striped and hybrid bass, big flathead and blue catfish, prolific crappie, bream, and more. The most significant forage species are blueback herring and threadfin and gizzard shad.
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