Gold Lake, Okanogan County, Washington

• T33N R31E Sec. 9N, P

• Elevation 2,950 ft. msl (899.2 m msl)

• Surface area 27 acres (10.9 ha)

• Volume 478 acre-feet (589,374 m3)

• Maximum depth 45 feet (13.7m)

• Watershed -- Sanpoil River

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Gold Lake is in Okanogan County, about 14 miles north of Nespelem in the Sanpoil River watershed. The lake is surrounded by forested mountains. The predominant vegetation is western larch, ponderosa pine, spruce, and Douglas fir. The lake consists of two basins. The western-most basin is 20 feet deep and is connected to the larger, 45 foot deep basin by a channel about 3 feet deep. Chara globularis, Nuphar polysepalum and Potamogeton gramineus were the conspicuous macrophytes. Some Typha sp. was present at the marshy west end of the lake

The main tributary is an unnamed stream about a half mile above the west end of the lake.