Location.--Latitude 47°30'52", Longitude
119°30'06", in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 1, Township 23 North,
Range 26 East, in Grant County, Hydrologic Unit 17020014, on
east shore 1,000 feet south of outlet gate on Alkali Lake, 8.8 miles
north of Soap Lake, and at river mile
undetermined. Drainage
area is 367 mi2, of which 281 mi2 in the
vicinity of Banks Lake is noncontributing. Datum of
gage is NGVD of 1929, adjustment of 1937, Bureau of Reclamation
datum.
Lake elevation varies from
1,072.7 feet, January 2, 1959, minimum recorded (affected by wind),
to feet to 1,087.7 feet, June 12, 1953, maximum observed, and
1,092.2 feet, maximum known.
This station managed by the Upper Columbia Field Office (Spokane).