Hell for Sure Lake

{{short description|Lake in California, United States}}

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| name = Hell for Sure Lake

| image = Hell for Sure Lake.jpg

| caption = Aerial image of Hell for Sure Lake {{Citation |last=Earth Resources Observation And Science (EROS) Center |title=National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) |date=2017 |url=https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/usgs-eros-archive-aerial-photography-national-agriculture-imagery-program-naip?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |doi=10.5066/f7qn651g |access-date=2022-06-15}}

| location = The Sierra Nevada of the U.S., within Fresno County, California.

| coords = {{coord|37.1386|N|118.8001|W|region:US-CA_type:waterbody_source:placeopedia|display=inline,title}}

| type = Alpine lake

| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|2506|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite map |date=22 October 2017|title=Hell For Sure Lake |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/37.1413/-118.8023&layers=DG |website=OpenStreetMap |access-date=13 June 2022}}

| width = {{convert|1425|ft|abbr=on}}

| part_of = Red Mountain Basin{{cite map|author=United States Geological Survey|author-link=United States Geological Survey|year=2021|title=Mount Henry, CA|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#13/37.1883/-118.8567|format=JPEG|type=Topographic map|series=7.5 Minute Series|scale=1:24,000|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=June 13, 2022}}

| outflow = Fleming Creek{{cite map|author=United States Geological Survey|author-link=United States Geological Survey|year=1912|title=Mt.Goddard Quadrangle|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#13/37.1883/-118.8567|format=JPEG|type=Topographic map|series=7.5 Minute Series|scale=1:24,000|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=June 14, 2022}}

| area = {{convert|24.13|ha|}} {{Cite web |title=National Hydrography Dataset U.S. Geological Survey |url=https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/national-hydrography-dataset |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.usgs.gov}}

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| shore = {{convert|3.16|km|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |title=Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) |url=https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/lakes_study/usgs_wildlife_and_sport_fish_risk_est_tool_final.xlsx |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.waterboards.ca.gov}}

| elevation = {{convert|10768|ft|m}}

| islands = 11

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| pushpin_map = California#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Hell for Sure Lake in California, USA.

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Hell for Sure Lake is an Alpine lake located in the John Muir Wilderness, which is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The lake is at an elevation of {{convert|10,768|feet}}, has a few small rocky islands and is between Red Mountain to the north and Mount Hutton to the south. The Hell for Sure trail and Hell for Sure Pass{{Cite news |last=Olson |first=A. B. |date=1926-09-05 |title="Hell-For-Sure" Unexcelled For Rugged Beauty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/607347721 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=The Fresno Morning Republican |location=Fresno, California, United States of America |pages=9}} both are named after this lake with the region being known for its rough terrain.{{Cite book |last=White |first=Mike |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/821177650 |title=Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks : Your Complete Hiking Guide. |date=2012 |publisher=Wilderness Press |isbn=978-0-89997-673-0 |location=Berkeley |pages=290–293 |oclc=821177650}}{{Cite news |last=Krizan |first=Tony |date=2013-07-04 |title="Hell For Sure Pass" and shooting stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/663239896 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=The Fresno Bee |location=Fresno, California, United States of America |pages=SB1}} The rocks the surround Hell for Sure Lake and its nearby mountains are estimated to be over 100 million years old.{{Cite journal |last=Hurley |first=P. M. |last2=Bateman |first2=P. C. |last3=Fairbairn |first3=H. W. |last4=Pinson |first4=W. H. |date=1965 |title=Investigation of Initial Sr87 / Sr86 Ratios in the Sierra Nevada Plutonic Province |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsabulletin/article/76/2/165-174/5862 |journal=Geological Society of America Bulletin |language=en |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=165 |doi=10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[165:IOISSR]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0016-7606|url-access=subscription }}