Turbid Lake

Turbid Lake is a lake in Park County, Wyoming, in the United States.[1] Turbid Lake was so named on account of its muddy water.[2]

This article is about the lake in Wyoming. For the one in Minnesota, see Turbid Lake (Minnesota).
Turbid Lake
Location of the lake in Wyoming.
Location of the lake in Wyoming.
Turbid Lake
LocationPark County, Wyoming
Coordinates44.549906°N 110.260925°W / 44.549906; -110.260925
Typelake

The lake is believed to have formed in the crater of a hydrothermal explosion some time around 1300 BC, which created a 4,200 by 5,000 by 100 ft (1,280 by 1,524 by 30 m) crater, the floor of which eventually filled up to form the lake.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turbid Lake
  2. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1872). 1st -12th Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories ... U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190.


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