We know that spring and summer 2017 often felt pretty rainy. Now, Carl Watras supplies this top graph of Carlin water levels since 2008, picturing the water level in the lake below and above the arbitrary "zero" level in the center. (You should be able to click to enlarge the graph.)
Carl notes that 2014 showed a big increase in water level, which then settled till this summer of 2017. He comments that the level drops a bit each fall, because of evaporation before ice sets in.
The second graph is included just to show that Carlin Lake is not unique. Carl says, "Most of our small seepage lakes show this same pattern, even Lake Michigan-Huron, so it's a regional phenomenon driven by climate variables (precipitation and evaporation.) "
Thanks very much, Carl, for the information. It's great to see the lake getting closer to the high water marks we remember.
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