Diamond Lake, Washington

Diamond Lake, Washington
Unincorporated community
Diamond Lake, Washington
Coordinates: 48°07′19″N117°11′57″W / 48.12194°N 117.19917°W / 48.12194; -117.19917
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Pend Oreille
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	99156
Area code	509

Diamond Lake is an unincorporated community in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States located southwest of Newport, Washington. The Diamond Lake community is built around Diamond Lake. ^[1]

Lake

Diamond Lake
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Coordinates	48°07′45″N117°11′39″W / 48.12917°N 117.19417°W / 48.12917; -117.19417
Basin  countries	United States
Surface area	754.4 acres (305.3 ha)
Average depth	26 ft (7.9 m)
Max. depth	58 ft (18 m)
Water volume	24.787  acre⋅ft × 106 acre⋅ft (30,574 m3 × 130,749 m3)
Shore length1	7 mi (11 km)
Surface elevation	2,343 ft (714 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Diamond Lake is a 754.4-acre (3.053 km²) natural lake located in the area north of U.S. Route 2. ^[2]

The average depth of the lake is 26 ft (7.9 m) deep with a maximum depth of 58 ft (18 m). Diamond Lake offers year-round fishing and has a population of largemouth bass, yellow perch, bullheads, rainbow and brown trout. A cooperative net pen project releases 12,500 rainbow and brown trout. Approximately 200 rainbow trout surplus broodstock are farmed in Diamond Lake annually. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Pend Oreille County, Washington" (PDF). pendoreilleco.org. October 17, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
2. "Document Display". nepis.epa.gov. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
3. "Diamond Lake - Fish Washington". wdfw.wa.gov. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
4. "Diamond Lake, WA". International Selkirk Loop. Retrieved December 1, 2018.