Lakes / South Carolina / Calhoun County / Smoke Pond
Smoke Pond, South Carolina
36 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - South Carolina
33.65 degrees N, 80.77 degrees W - Calhoun County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Smoke Pond Stacks Up
- Larger than 32% of the 276 lakes counted in South Carolina.
- About 29 miles from Columbia, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shay Hane Cabin Pond | Calhoun | 6.7 mi | 29 acres |
| Wannamaker Catfish Ponds | Orangeburg | 9.7 mi | 29 acres |
| Gramling Pond | Orangeburg | 11 mi | 32 acres |
| Lake Marion | Sumter | 11 mi | 117 acres |
| Drafts Pond | Richland | 13 mi | 28 acres |
| Lake Marion | Sumter | 13 mi | 37 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Smoke Pond
How Big Is Smoke Pond?
Smoke Pond covers 36 acres in Calhoun County, South Carolina.
What Is the Largest Lake in Calhoun County?
Carolina Eastman Waste Pond is the largest lake in Calhoun County, at 50 acres.
Largest Lakes in South Carolina
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Marion | Clarendon | 80,044 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Moultrie | Berkeley | 56,828 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Murray | Lexington | 48,761 acres | - |
| 4 | Hartwell Lake | Oconee | 18,037 acres | - |
| 5 | Lake Keowee | Oconee | 16,883 acres | - |
All 276 South Carolina lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 149801569). Verified October 30, 2026.