Diamond Lake, Washington

{{Short description|Unincorporated community and body of water in Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States}}

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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.{{Cite web| title = Pend Oreille County, Washington| author = | work = pendoreilleco.org| date = 2005-10-17| access-date = 1 December 2018| url = http://pendoreilleco.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Comp-Plan-Update-Adopted-06-09-2015.pdf| archive-date = October 24, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201024071835/https://pendoreilleco.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Comp-Plan-Update-Adopted-06-09-2015.pdf| url-status = dead}}

Lake

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Diamond Lake is a {{convert|754.4|acre|km2|adj=on}} natural lake located in the area north of U.S. Route 2.{{Cite web| title = Document Display| work = nepis.epa.gov| date = | access-date = 1 December 2018| url = https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/9101ABDM.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1976+Thru+1980&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C76thru80%5CTxt%5C00000026%5C9101ABDM.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL}}

The average depth of the lake is {{convert|26|ft|abbr=on}} deep with a maximum depth of {{convert|58|ft|abbr=on}}. 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.{{Cite web| title = Diamond Lake - Fish Washington| work = wdfw.wa.gov| access-date = 1 December 2018| url = https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/223/}}{{Cite web| title = Diamond Lake, WA| work = International Selkirk Loop| access-date = 1 December 2018| url = http://selkirkloop.org/city/diamond-lake-wa/}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Pend Oreille County, Washington

Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)

Category:Lakes of Washington (state)

Category:Bodies of water of Pend Oreille County, Washington