Pearrygin Lake

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Pearrygin Lake
Location of Pearrygin Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Pearrygin Lake in Washington, USA.
Pearrygin Lake
LocationOkanogan County, Washington
Coordinates48°29′24″N 120°09′04″W / 48.49°N 120.151°W / 48.49; -120.151Coordinates: 48°29′24″N 120°09′04″W / 48.49°N 120.151°W / 48.49; -120.151[1]
Catchment area11.8 sq mi (31 km2)[2]
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length1.3 mi (2.1 km)
Max. width1,750 ft (530 m)
Surface area183.2 acres (74.1 ha)[3]
Max. depth49 ft (10 m)
Water volume6,260 acre⋅ft (7,700,000 m3)
Surface elevation1,929 ft (588 m)[1]

Pearrygin Lake is a 212-acre (86 ha) reservoir lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Winthrop in Okanogan County, Washington. It has a maximum depth of 49 feet (15 m) and has a water volume of 6,260 acre-feet (7,720,000 m3). The lake is fed by a diversion from the Chewuch River and several small inlets; it drains westerly into the Chewuch River.[4] It lies within the watershed of the Lower Chewuch River.[5]

The lake is oriented from northwest to southeast in a narrow, glacially carved valley where it abuts a forested slope to the south and open shrub-steppe habitat to the north. It is located in Section 36, Township 35N, Range 21E.[6] The lake is almost entirely surrounded by Pearrygin Lake State Park.[7] A privately-owned RV camping resort occupies the lake's northern shore.[8] The lake's primary sports fish is rainbow trout.[3]

History[]

The lake bears the name of B.F. "Ben" Pearrygin, who homesteaded the area in the late 1880s.[9] The lake became a reservoir intended for irrigation and recreational purposes with the completion of a dam in 1921.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pearrygin Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ a b "Inventory of Dams in the State of Washington" (PDF). Department of Ecology. November 2009. p. 69. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Pearrygin Lake". Fishing and Shellfishing: Lowland Lakes. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Ernest E. Wolcott (1973). "Lakes of Washington, Volume 2, Eastern Washington" (PDF) (3 ed.). Washington Department of Ecology. pp. 345–346. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Figure 1: Okanogan County" (PDF). Okanogan County Shoreline Master Plan. Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Appendix E.4: General descriptions of AU stream and lake groups used to analyze potential cumulative impacts" (PDF). Okanogan County Office of Planning & Development. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Pearrygin Lake State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  8. ^ "Silverline Resort". Silverline Resort. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Karen West (April 2, 2012). "Naming Pearrygin". Methow Grist Archive. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

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