Sprague Lake is a lake in Washington, straddling the border of Adams and Lincoln counties. It is two miles west of the town of Sprague. Sprague Lake is drained by Cow Creek, a tributary of the Palouse River. The lake was originally called Lake Colville.
Sprague Lake | |
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Location | Washington |
Coordinates | 47°15′36″N 118°03′56″W / 47.26000°N 118.06556°W |
Primary inflows | Ettienne Creek |
Primary outflows | Cow Creek |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,760 acres (712 ha)[1] |
Max. depth | 20 ft (6 m)[2] |
Water volume | 19,000 acre ft (0.023 km3) |
Surface elevation | 1883 ft (574 m)[3] |
Islands | Harper Island |
Sprague Lake is used for sport fishing of rainbow and cutthroat trout, largemouth bass, bluegill, as well as brown bullhead, channel catfish, black crappie, and yellow perch.[1][2]
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edit- ^ a b "Sprague Lake". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ a b "Sprague Lake". findfish.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ "Sprague Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-08-29.