Lake Murray Near Columbia, SC

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.

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Location details and information

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

Operated in cooperation with:

Dominion Energy South Carolina - FERC

South Carolina Department of Environmental Services

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds