[5] In the 773-acre (313 ha) creek basin, 71% of the land has an impervious surface (roads and parking lots).
[5] The lake is named for settler Clark Merrill Sturtevant, a United States Civil War veteran who homesteaded there in 1872.
[6] Sound Transit acquired part of the railroad's right of way for East Link Extension, a light rail project.
The Spring District development and its separate light rail station are near the northeastern shore of the lake, about one half mile (one kilometer) away.
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