The Low Water Levels of Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake, 1937

In 1937, twenty years after Eagle Lake reached its historic high of 5125 feet it witnessed its historic low of 5091. That low water level happened again in 1950. Then, many may not realize but in December 2015 the lake reached a new historic low of 5090.54 and was repeated again in December 2022. What is interesting in each of these instances they were followed extremely wet winters.

South shore Eagle Lake, August 7, 1936—C.H. Bennett Collection

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