Tag Archives: Hartwell Lake

Rolling into 2020 like … a storm

Posted on January 15, 2020 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

If the first two weeks are any indication, 2020 is going to be a banner year for the Savannah River Basin. As of today (Jan. 15), all three sub-basins have collected 5 or more inches of rain, easily besting their … Continue reading →

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Demystifying DL1

Posted on December 11, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Not normally known as wet month for the Savannah River Basin, November did its best to solidify its reputation as an underachiever. All three sub-basins fell short of their averages, with Hartwell registering 3.2 inches, nearly an inch and a … Continue reading →

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Permit fee increases suspended pending national review

Posted on October 28, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

SAVANNAH, Ga. – We are delaying the implementation of fee increases for shoreline permits in the South Atlantic region while Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducts a national review of the shoreline management program fees. The South Atlantic region will … Continue reading →

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Rainfall? September had anything but

Posted on October 10, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Pfffft! (That’s the sound I made while spitting out my coffee as I noticed September’s rainfall tally for the Savannah River Basin. Coincidentally, that’s how I imagined Mother Nature produced the rainfall that misted the basin last month.) Misted might … Continue reading →

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Luck is a matter of perspective

Posted on September 10, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

I’m not a betting man, but if I lived in the upper Savannah River Basin, I’d think Mother Nature was trying to tell me something.

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Setting the stage

Posted on August 9, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Well, there’s one thing you can say about July’s rainfall: it wasn’t June, but it also wasn’t May, either. (Or is that two things?)

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3 died at Corps lakes over July 4th weekend

Posted on July 18, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Over the Independence Day weekend three fatalities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supervised lakes could have been prevented with a simple piece of equipment: a life jacket.

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Holding strong — all summer long?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

The Savannah River Basin roared into summer last month. Hartwell and Thurmond each collected 6.8 inches of rain in June – a full 2 and 3 inches above their averages, respectively. Russell pulled in a solid 5 inches compared to … Continue reading →

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Summer heat hits striped bass hard

Posted on June 27, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

No one argues that summer heat in the South climbs well above the comfort level – for humans and animals.

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June showers make up for May’s wilted flowers

Posted on June 16, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

You know that feeling when you take a sip of ice cold water and you can feel it go all the way down your esophagus? That was last week after the unbearably dry month of May. It was so dry … Continue reading →

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