STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 105.391, Subd. 1, the Commissioner of Natural Resources hereby publishes the final inventory of Protected (i.e. Public) Waters and Wetlands for LeSueur County. This list is to be used in conjunction with the Protected Waters and Wetlands Map prepared for LeSueur County. Copies of the final map and list are available for inspection at the following state and county offices: DNR Regional Office, New Ulm DNR Area Office, Mankato Le Sueur SWCD Le Sueur County Auditor Dated: STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES JOSEPH N. ALEXANDER, Commissioner By:
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATERS FINAL DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED WATERS AND WETLANDS WITHIN LESUEUR COUNTY, MINNESOTA. A. Listed below are the townships of LeSueur County and the township/range numbers in which they occur. Township Name Township# Range # Cleveland 109;110 25 Cordova 110 24 Derrynane 112 24 Elysian 109 24 Kilkenny 110 23 Kasota 109;110 25;26;27 Lanesburgh 112 23 Lexington 111 24 Montgomery 111 23 Ottawa 111 26 Sharon 111 25 Tyrone 112 25;26 Washington 109 25 Waterville 109 23 B. PROTECTED WATERS 1. The following are protected waters: 40-1 : Horseshoe Lake 6,7;1,12 109 22;23 40-2 : Upper Sakatah Lake 19;23,24,25,26,27 109 22;23 40-9 : Sunfish Lake 3;34 109;110 23 40-10 : Lake Dora 3,4,9,10 110 23 40-11 : Lake Mabel 5 110 23 40-12 : Unnamed 21 110 23 40-13 : Diamond Lake 22 110 23 40-14 : Sabre Lake 29,30 110 23 40-16 : Rice Lake 1,2,12 111 23 40-19 : Borer Lake 18,19 111 23 40-20 : Greenleaf Lake 19,20,29,30 111 23 40-21 : Mud Lake 27 111 23 40-26 : Mud Lake 18,19 112 23 Page 1
40-27 : Lake Sanborn 25,26,35,36 112 23 40-28 : Lake Pepin 27,28,32,33,34 112 23 40-29 : Eggert Lake 29,32 112 23 40-31 : Tetonka Lake 18-22,27,28;24 109 23;24 40-32 : Gorman Lake 6,7;1,11,12,13,14 110 23;24 40-33 : Lake Volney 6;31;1;36 110;111 23;24 40-34 : Graham Lake 7,18;12,13 112 23;24 40-37 : Rice Lake 3,4,10 109 24 40-39 : Roemhildts Lake 9,16 109 24 40-40 : Sasse Lake 10,11,15 109 24 40-44 : Steele Lake 15,22 109 24 40-51 : Fish Lake 23,24 109 24 40-54 : Perch Lake NW 26 109 24 40-55 : Swains Lake 27 109 24 40-56 : Rays Lake 26,27,35 109 24 40-57 : Frances Lake 27,28,33,34,35 109 24 40-59 : Round Lake 29,30 109 24 40-61 : Lake Tustin 35,36 109 24 40-63 : German Lake 4,5,8,9 109 24 40-64 : Unnamed 7,8 110 24 40-67 : Unnamed SW 15 110 24 40-68 : Sleepy Eye Lake 15 110 24 40-69 : Unnamed 15,16,21,22 110 24 40-72 : Goose Lake 20,21,28,29 110 24 40-73 : Bossuot Lake 29,32,33 110 24 40-77 : Hockridge (Harkridge)Lake 1,2 111 24 40-78 : Mary Lake 3 111 24 40-79 : Clear Lake 3,10 111 24 40-84 : Tyler Lake 16,21 111 24 40-86 : Mud (Mareks) Lake 24,25 111 24 40-87 : Sautter Lake 27,28 111 24 40-88 : Renneberg Lake 14,15 112 24 40-90 : Sheas Lake 28,33 112 24 40-91 : School Lake 35,36 112 24 40-92 : Lake Jefferson various 109;110 24;25 40-93 : Harriman Slough 18,19;13,24 110 24;25 40-95 : Thomas Lake 19 112 24 40-104: Lake Henry 3;27,34,35 109;110 25 40-106: Silver Lake 11,12 110 25 40-107: Savidge Lake 17,18,19,20 110 25 40-108: South Goldsmith Lake 18 110 25 *40-109: Scotch Lake 14,22,23,24,26,27 110 25 Page 2
40-110: Huoy Lake 25,26,35,36 110 25 40-112: Dog Lake 32,33 110 25 40-114: Rice Lake 10,11,14,15 111 25 40-116: Ely Lake 14 111 25 40-117: Lake Washington various 109 25;26 40-118: Lake Emily 6;31;36 109;110 25;26 40-120: North Goldsmith Lake 7,18;12,13 110 25;26 40-121: Lake Plaza 2,11 109 26 40-123: Spring Lake 22 110 26 *40-124: Lake Emily 23,25,26 110 26 40-125: Unnamed 25 110 26 40-126: Unnamed 25,26,36 110 26 40-143: Unnamed 26 112 24 40-145: Unnamed 32,33 112 24 40-152: Unnamed 3,10,11,14 110 26 7-4 : Madison Lake 31;36 109 24;25 81-67 : Lily Lake 6;1;31;36 108;109 23;24 81-95 : Lake Elysian various 108;109 24 2. The following natural and altered natural watercourses are protected waters: From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Minnesota River (MNR) 13 109 27 2 112 26 Unnamed to MNR 17 109 26 17 109 26 18 109 26 18 109 26 Shanaska Creek (CD #67) 12(Basin 109 26 28 110 26 117) Unnamed to Lake 16 109 25 17(Basin 109 25 Washington 117) Pauls Creek 14 110 26 10 110 26 Unnamed to MNR 13 110 26 10 110 26 *Cherry Creek (CC) 25(Basin 110 25 27 110 25 110) 21 110 25 17 110 25 1 110 26 33 111 26 Unnamed to Scotch Lake 24(Basin 110 25 23(Basin 110 25 93) 109) Unnamed to CC 27(Basin 110 25 27 110 25 109) Page 3
From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Unnamed to CC 17(Basin 110 25 7 110 25 107) Unnamed to MNR 1 110 26 15 111 26 Le Sueur Creek (LSC) (CD #23) 25 111 25 25 112 26 Unnamed to LSC 3 110 24 28 111 24 *Unnamed to LSC 26 111 25 26 111 25 *Unnamed tributary (CD #51) 7(Basin 110 24 6 110 24 64) Unnamed to LSC (CD #60) 34 111 25 29 111 25 Unnamed to Unnamed 9 110 25 33 111 25 Unnamed to LSC 15 111 25 19 111 25 *Unnamed to LSC 5 111 25 6 111 25 Forest Prairie Creek (FPC) 11 112 25 36 112 26 *Unnamed tributary 10(Basin 111 24 3(Basin 111 24 79) 78) Unnamed to FPC 23 112 25 23 112 25 Unnamed to FPC 3 111 25 28 112 25 Unnamed to MNR 8 112 25 7 112 25 Unnamed to Raven Stream 10 112 24 2 112 24 Unnamed to Raven Stream 5 112 23 5 112 23 *Unnamed tributary 3 112 23 3 112 23 Sand Creek 11 112 23 1 112 23 *Unnamed tributary 33 112 23 33 112 23 Unnamed to Unnamed 33(Basin 112 23 33 112 23 28) Unnamed to Lake Pepin 32(Basin 112 23 32(Basin 112 23 29) 28) Unnamed to Lake Sanborn 2(Basin 111 23 35(Basin 112 23 16) 27) Unnamed to Rice Lake 1 111 23 1(Basin 111 23 16) Cannon River (CR) 12 110 23 27(Basin 109 23 2) Unnamed to CR 10(Basin 110 23 11 110 23 10) *Unnamed to Lake Dora 24 111 23 25 111 23 3 110 23 3(Basin 110 23 10) Unnamed to Gorman Lake 6(Basin 110 23 6(Basin 110 23 33) 32) Page 4
From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Little Cannon River 25 110 23 25 110 23 Unnamed tributary 35 110 24 36 110 24 Unnamed to Lake Jefferson 14(Basin 109 25 12(Basin 109 25 102) 92) Unnamed to German Lake 5(Basin 109 24 5(Basin 109 24 92) 63) *Unnamed to German Lake 33(Basin 110 24 4(Basin 109 24 62) 63) Unnamed to Lake Sanborn 4(Basin 109 24 4(Basin 109 24 63) 27) White Water Creek 34 109 23 26(Basin 109 23 2) Waterville Creek 36 109 23 27 109 23 C. WETLANDS The following are wetlands: 40-3 : Querums Slough 10 109 23 40-4 : Unnamed 13,14 109 23 40-5 : Unnamed 23,24 109 23 40-8 : Goose Lake 2;35 109;110 23 40-17 : Unnamed 11 111 23 40-22 : Unnamed 31,32 111 23 40-24 : Unnamed 7;12 112 22;23 40-30 : Dietz Lake 35 112 23 40-35 : Cherry Lake 6;31 108;109 24 40-38 : Unnamed 6,7 109 24 40-41 : Unnamed 11 109 24 40-42 : Unnamed 12 109 24 40-43 : Unnamed 12 109 24 40-45 : Unnamed 16 109 24 40-46 : Unnamed 16,17 109 24 40-47 : Unnamed 18 109 24 40-48 : Silver Lake 20 109 24 40-49 : Unnamed 21,22 109 24 40-52 : Unnamed 25 109 24 40-53 : Unnamed NE 26 109 24 40-58 : Unnamed 29 109 24 Page 5
40-62 : Sanders Slough 33 110 24 40-70 : Hecorts Marsh 17,18,19,20 110 24 40-74 : Mud Lake 30,31 110 24 40-75 : Schmidt Slough 4;33 110;111 24 40-80 : Mud Lake 31,32 112 24 40-81 : Beiser Lake 8,9 111 24 40-82 : Unnamed 9 111 24 40-83 : Mud Lake 11,12 111 24 40-96 : Unnamed 6 109 25 40-97 : Unnamed 6,7 109 25 40-98 : Unnamed 9,10 109 25 40-99 : Unnamed 10,11 109 25 40-100: Unnamed 11,12 109 25 40-101: Unnamed 13 109 25 40-102: Unnamed 13,14 109 25 40-122: Long Lake 7,8 109 26 40-128: Unnamed 36 110 26 40-129: Unnamed 33 109 23 40-132: Unnamed 25 112 23 40-133: Unnamed 20 110 24 40-136: Unnamed 22 111 24 40-138: Unnamed 4 111 24 40-141: Unnamed 10 112 24 40-146: Unnamed 5;32 109;110 25 40-147: Unnamed 5 109 25 40-148: French s Slough 31 110 24 40-149: Unnamed 1 112 26 40-151: Unnamed 4 110 26 40-153: Unnamed 10,11 109 26 40-155: Unnamed 4;33 110;111 23 40-158: Unnamed 24 111 23 40-159: Unnamed 36 109 24 40-160: Unnamed 17 109 24 40-161: Unnamed 7 109 24 *40-162: Unnamed 24 110 25 7-46 : Unnamed 13,14,23,24 109 25 *This is corrected from a previous typographic and/or cartographic error. Page 6