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Welcome to the Spirit Lake Property Owners Association web site. We are a non-profit association of individuals and groups with a common interest in protecting and preserving the environment of the Spirit Lake watershed. Although we started as a homeowners group, membership is open to all who share our environmental concerns.Please click on "Latest News"" to see many of the older posts containing information about developments at Spirit Lake. If you want to submit a news item, click "submit news" in the user menu to the left and submit your news. It will be reviewed and then posted. No login or password is required. The "login" section on the left is only for site developers and administrators
Spirit Lake Property Owners Association
P.O. Box 363
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
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MAY 26 -- ASSESSOR REDUCES LAND VALUES! |
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Cool temperatures and .4 inches of rain here last week, with more at higher elevation, resulted in a 3/4 inch rise in lake level to 9 7/8 inches below the top of the dam. If we get the heavy rains predicted for the coming days, the lake should rise a little more. At this point, with little water left to melt on Mt. Spokane, the lake will start dropping unless there is substantial rain. For those planning a Memorial Day swim- BRRR! Water temperature dropped 3 degrees to 53 last week.
The assessor's office posted new property values on their web site today. Minor changes in the value of improvements, but a 20% reduction in land values for nearly everyone on the lake. Notices will be mailed soon. Taxes will depend on the rates set after the taxing districts submit their budgets, but a guess would be that because county wide values dropped 15% and most taxing districts will try to hold budgets steady, we could see a small tax reduction. The change in taxes, whether up or down, will probably be very small for most lake property owners.
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The lake peaked Tuesday, June 22 at 2 and 1/8 inches below the top of the dam. Today it is down to 3 and 5/8 inches below. Water is at 68 degrees here, probably closer to 70 at the East end. This is the second highest the lake has been the last week of June in at least the last twenty years. Only 2008 had higher water at this time.
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