Probably named, along with Cooper Hill and Cooper Creek, for one of the firm of March and Cooper, who owned a large land and cattle empire. (Annals of Wyoming 33:1)
County:
Albany
Feature Category:
Water Features
Description:
Near the station of Cooper Lake a small alkali lake surrounded with white incrustations of sodium carbonate is visible near the track, but Cooper Lake itself can be seen only from a point several miles west of the station. This lake is about 4 miles long and 2 miles wide and occupies the lowest part of a broad depression. Like many of the small lakes of the Laramie Basin it has no outlet, and the considerable quantities of water entering it through the two creeks that head in the Medicine Bow Mountains to the south escape only by evaporation. For this reason, the size of the lake is variable, depending on the balance between rainfall and evaporation. (Guidebook of the Western United States)
