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April 30
Lake Hartwell water levels are above full at 660.31 (full pool is 660.00) and rain earlier this week dirtied the water but it’s now mostly back to clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 73 degrees.
April 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 659.81 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 67 degrees.
April 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.07 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the creeks are stained after Monday’s rain. Morning surface water temperatures are around 62 degrees.
April 3
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.86 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while some sections of creeks are slightly dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 60-63 degrees.
March 26
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.73 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while some sections of creeks are dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58 degrees.
March 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.79 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the creeks are dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees up the rivers and 59 degrees on the main lake.
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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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