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Lake Murray water level

Today's reading against full pool and Lake Murray's own seasonal history.

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FULL POOL 352 354 356 358 360
Elevation, feet (Saluda plant datum)

as of September 24, 2026

355.86 ft Saluda plant datum

level 4.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September

Reading comes straight from U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (USGS gauge 02168500) and updates live when you load this page.

Is Lake Murray full?

Not quite — 4.1 ft below full pool as of September 24, 2026

How full is Lake Murray? Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.

Lake Murray through the year

The band is the lake's own normal: where the level has run on each calendar day, 1980–2026. The summer drawdown — and how this year sits in it — shows up without reading a single number.

full pool 350 355 360 JFMAMJJASOND
Median and normal range by day of year, 1980–2026 · elevation, feet (Saluda plant datum)

This year vs the years that matter

This year's trace against last year and the driest and wettest years on record — the drought-context question every lake regular asks.

full pool 345 350 355 360 JFMAMJJASOND
  • 2026 (this year)
  • 2025 (last year)
  • 2015 (wettest on record)
  • 2003 (driest on record)

Full pool, datum, and the gauge

"Full pool" here means the conservation pool — the level the lake is designed to hold for water supply and recreation, not the flood-control space above it. The full explainer covers flood pool and dead pool too.

Full pool 360.00 ft Saluda plant datum · per Dominion Energy South Carolina full-pool reference
Gauge USGS gauge 02168500 · U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System
Datum Saluda plant datum — Murray is quoted on Dominion's plant datum, where the 360-foot contour is the normal maximum pool; NAVD88 figures for the same lake read about 1.3 ft lower.
Last verified August 15, 2026

LakeDates reports lake level, not ramp status. Whether a given ramp or marina is usable at this level varies ramp by ramp — call the marina before you tow.

Quick answers

What is the lake level for Lake Murray today?

Lake Murray is at 355.86 ft (Saluda plant datum) as of September 24, 2026 — 4.1 ft below full pool — typical for late September.

Is Lake Murray full?

Not quite — at 355.86 ft on September 24, 2026, Lake Murray is 4.1 ft below its full pool of 360.00 ft (Saluda plant datum).

How full is Lake Murray?

Not as a percentage: no storage figure comes through with this gauge reading, and a share of capacity worked out from the elevation alone would be a guess — how much water a reservoir holds at a given level is a curve only the operator's own capacity table knows. Feet from full pool is what the operator publishes, and it is the figure above.

What is full pool for Lake Murray?

Full pool (the conservation pool) for Lake Murray is 360.00 ft Saluda plant datum, per Dominion Energy South Carolina full-pool reference. Levels above it use flood storage; levels below it are drawdown.