Champs Flat, located due west of Spalding Tract was a lonely outpost for some during the summer months a century ago when summer livestock grazing was a major activity there. The winter of 1937-38 was an epoch one, and to navigate most any where in the spring of 1938 provided numerous challenges.
On May 12, 1938, Lassen National Forest Ranger, P.D. Hook and Forester, Philip Lord attempted to make the trip to Champs Flat. The roads west of Spalding Tract were either impassable due to water or washouts and never made it to Champs. They did note Eagle Lake’s level. “The lake level appeared to be higher than at any time during the past ten years. A well and windmill placed on the east side of the lake by Ranger Hook, and which by last fall was approximately one and one-quarter miles from the water’s edge, is now threatened by high water.”
The old barn has fallen down mostly and the meadow does not have much bunchgrass mostly sagebrush now . A few antelope are usually around great place to see some history.