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Scientific Investigations Map 3076

Prepared in cooperation with Spartanburg Water System, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Bathymetry of Lake William C. Bowen and Municipal Reservoir #1, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 2008

By D.D. Nagle, B.G. Campbell, and M.A. Lowery

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The increasing use and importance of lakes for water supply to communities enhance the need for an accurate methodology to determine lake bathymetry and storage capacity. A global positioning receiver and a fathometer were used to collect position data and water depth in February 2008 at Lake William C. Bowen and Municipal Reservoir #1, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. All collected data were imported into a geographic information system database. A bathymetric surface model, contour map, and stage-area and -volume relations were created from the geographic information database.

First posted May 19, 2009

Revised March 25, 2015

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Suggested citation:

Nagle, D.D., Campbell, B.G, and Lowery, M.A., 2009, Bathymetry of Lake William C. Bowen and Municipal Reservoir #1, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 2008 (ver. 1.1, March 2015): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3076, 1 sheet, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3076.

ISSN 2329–132X (online)



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Data-Collection Methodology

Data Analysis

Summary

References Cited


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