Unnamed Waterfall

This is one of a number of waterfalls along the unnamed branch of Coal Creek which originates in Devil Lake north of the Mountain Loop Highway near Big Four. The falls drop in two cascading steps for a total of 33 feet. The upper tier tumbles about 10 feet in a narrower constricted portion of the stream's channel and is more or less hidden from view when standing at the base of the falls. The lower tier tumbles down a jagged outcrop for another 23 feet into a small pool below. The stream producing this waterfall drains from an area approximately seven-tenths of a square mile in size. The stream is shown on maps as originating from Devils Lake, but as the lake is only about 4.3 acres in size, it isn't thought to be a significant contributor to the volume of the stream, and instead most of the flow is dictated by snow melt or precipitation in the basin. Because of this, once the winter snow pack has melted off the volume of the stream will be reduced considerably, potentially to just a trickle in the late summer months.