Actual Rise in Soda 
Lake Shown by Record 
That the rise in Soda Lake during 
the last six years has been on¬ 
ly seven and a half feet, instead of 
sixty, as indicated in an interview 
published in The Standard last 
week, is the fact learned from in¬ 
spection of records at the reclama¬ 
tion office here which has been 
keeping data on the level of this 
lake for nearly 23 years. 
In all that period, the figures 
show, the lake has risen 52.2 feet 
instead of ninety as previously 
indicated. 
The period of most rapid rise 
of the lake level was between 
1920 and 1926 when the gain was 
23.2 feet. 
During the last five years, the 
period of least gain, the lake has 
gained elevation at the rate of 
about a foot a year. The elevation 
of the large lake on November, 
this year, was 3990.3 feet above 
sea level. 
Elevation of the little lake has 
been about three feet higher for 
several years. In 1912 the dif¬ 
ference in the elevations of the 
two lakes was eight feet. 
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