It produces winter buds from the stem tips that overwinter on the lake bottom. There are additionally some fresh water sources at the lake bottom. Dives to survey the lake bottom were already under way by 1903. Local efforts were organized to clean up the lake bottom. Presumably, though, the movement was destructive to some smaller rural micro-communities in the lake bottom. The wreck was discovered sitting on the lake bottom under more than of water. Gravity is pulling it down, so it's fixed at the lake bottom. About of glacial sediment and rockslide deposits rest between the lake bottom and bedrock. The Bureau of Reclamation clear cut and cleaned the lake bottom before it filled. At its deepest, the lake bottom is below sea level. Lake Bonneville shaped the topography of the area and deposited lake bottom clay and sand. The weathered sandstone forms the sandy lake bottom and shores of Park Point.