This was part of the headline statement featured in the Lassen Mail of November 20, 1931 when it was reported that the water level of Eagle Lake had reached its lowest level, yet. The newspaper stated from the lake’s highest point had now dropped by twenty-six feet. That over a ten year period the lake had dropped two and half feet each year. The paper blamed the unusually light winter precipitation that was cause of the drop. It went on to state that in normal times the spring run off into the lake varied from two to five feet. Had this occurred, according to their opinion, that was sufficient amount of water to cover from the effects of evaporation and the water drawn from irrigation.
