It is the second largest natural freshwater lake wholly in California. Having no natural surface outlet, Eagle Lake is a closed basin lake with its water levels fluctuating with variations of inflow. Water surface areas have fluctuated between 16,000 to 29,000 acres with a present area of 26,000 acres.
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Eagle Lake is marked on early Texas maps. The name was probably given in 1821 by William W.Little and James Beard, two of Austin's scouts, when one of them killed an eagle on the lake and called the water Laguna del Águila.
Eagle Lake is a lake at 5,098 ft elevation in Lassen County approximately 15 mi north of Susanville, California. An endorheic alkaline lake, it is the second largest natural lake entirely in the state of California, United States.
Eagle Nest Lake is located north of Mann Lake and three miles west of Angleton in west central Brazoria County. It is an off-channel reservoir beside the Brazos River. The construction of the lake was completed in 1949. It is owned by T. L. Smith, et al.
Eagle Lake is well known for its fish and wildlife. Around its shores are located one of the last colonies of nesting osprey and the largest nesting colony of western and eared grebes in the western United States. It is the home of the Eagle Lake Trout which are native only to Eagle Lake.
Eagle Mountain Reservoir is an 8,504-acre impoundment constructed on the West Fork Trinity River by the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) in 1932 for municipal and industrial purposes.
Eagle Lake is stocked with brown trout annually. There is an abundant yellow perch population. During the most recent survey, approximately 300 yellow perch were collected averaging 10 inches in size. Eagle Lake is one of the more popular black bass fisheries in Essex County.