County: Clark

Date: 1950s or 1960s

Photographer: Grace Muilenburg/KGS

Place Name: Clark State Fishing Lake

Short description: Spalled ash at Clark State Fishing Lake. The lake in north-central Clark County is set in a deep and scenic canyon created by Bluff Creek. A variety of rock formations, including the Neogene-age Ogallala Formation and underlying Cretaceous shales and Permian-age red beds, are visible at the lake.

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