In early March, 1930 a jubilant Jim Fritter of Eagle Lake had proclaimed that Eagle Lake had already risen by two feet. He speculated that the lake level would rise an additional three feet. This was good news for the farmers of the Honey Lake Valley, since there would be Eagle Lake water flowing through Bly Tunnel. Elsewhere it was reported that 13.3 inches of precipitation had been measured so far that winter, with December being very wet.
Fast forward to April 2018, when Eagle Lake saw an increase of 2 inches for that month.