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September 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.45 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 83 degrees.
August 28
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.07 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is normal on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are around 83 degrees.
August 16
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.72 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is normal on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-80s.
August 1
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 657.23 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is normal on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 80s.
July 17
Lake Hartwell water levels are well down to 657.32 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures were 89 on the big water this morning.
July 10
Lake Hartwell water levels are well down to 657.99 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is very high. Morning surface water temperatures were 87 on the big water this morning.
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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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