Pearrygin Lake

Pearrygin Lake
Location of Pearrygin Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Pearrygin Lake in Washington, USA.
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; -120.151[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) northeast of Winthrop in Okanogan County, Washington. It has a maximum depth of 49 feet (15 m) and 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, United States Department of the Interior.
  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.