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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.

The USGS monitoring equipment was moved due to construction at the long-term location. Only stage readings will be collected. Once construction is complete, all the equipment will be returned to the original location and re-activated.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 1992-10-01 2024-02-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1929-08-31 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02168500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Lexington County, South Carolina. Current conditions of Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum and Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02168500 n/a
Site name
LAKE MURRAY NEAR COLUMBIA, SC n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 340307 n/a
DMS longitude 0811315 n/a
Decimal latitude 34.052093 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.22065329 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
South Carolina 45
State
South Carolina 45
County
Lexington County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -1.31 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Saluda 03050109
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2420 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 454500100 n/a

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Dominion Energy South Carolina - FERC
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South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds