STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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 Meeker County. This list is to be used in conjunction with the Protected Waters and Wetlands Map prepared for Meeker 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, Spicer Meeker SWCD Meeker 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 MEEKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA. A. Listed below are the townships of Meeker County and the township/range numbers in which they occur. Township Name Township # Range # Acton 119 32 Cedar Mills 117 31 Collinwood 118 29 Cosmos 117 32 Danielson 118 32 Darwin 119 30 Dassel 119 29 Ellsworth 118 30 Forest City 120 30 Forest Prairie 121 30 Greenleaf 118 31 Harvey 120 31 Kingston 120;121 29 Litchfield 119 31 Manannah 121 31 Swede Grove 120 32 Union Grove 121 32 B. PROTECTED WATERS 1. The following are protected waters: Number and Name Section Township Range 47-1 : Maple Lake 18;12,13 118 28;29 47-2 : Lake Francis 6,7;1,11,12 120 28;29 47-4 : Byron Lake 2;35 117;118 29 47-5 : Butternut Lake 3 118 29 47-6 : Unnamed 4,8,9 118 29 47-7 : Unnamed 5 118 29 47-8 : Pigeon Lake 7,8,17 118 29 47-9 : Unnamed 8,9,16,17 118 29 47-14 : Spencer Lake 20,21 118 29 Page 1

47-15 : Lake Jennie 20,21,27-29,32,33 118 29 47-16 : Wolf Lake 22,23,26,27 118 29 47-17 : Long Lake 23,24 118 29 47-19 : Little Wolf Lake 27,34 118 29 47-23 : Lake Arvilla 3 119 29 47-24 : Maynard Lake 7,8 119 29 47-25 : Little Swan Lake 11 119 29 47-26 : Long Lake 14,15,22,23 119 29 47-29 : Hart Lake 20,21 119 29 47-31 : Mud Lake 25,26 119 29 47-32 : Spring Lake 26,27 119 29 47-33 : Unnamed 27,28 119 29 47-35 : Sellards Lake 33 119 29 47-36 : Little Spring Lake 35,36 119 29 47-37 : Mud Lake 35,36 119 29 *47-38 : Big Swan Lake 1,2,11,12;35,36 119;120 29 47-40 : Mud Lake 13,24 120 29 47-41 : Unnamed 2;35 120;121 29 47-42 : Lake Betty (Betsy) 23,24 121 29 47-43 : Unnamed 6;31;1;36 117;118 29;30 *47-44 : Jewitt Lake 18;13,24 118 29;30 47-45 : Fallon Lake 19,30;24,25,26 118 29;30 47-46 : Lake Washington various 118;119 29;30 47-47 : Unnamed 30;25 119 29;30 47-48 : Powers Lake 30,31;25,36 120 29;30 *47-49 : Belle Lake 2,3;34,35 117;118 30 47-50 : Manuella Lake 3,4 118 30 47-53 : Benton Lake 8,16,17 118 30 47-54 : Hurley Lake 8,17 118 30 47-55 : Birch Lake 10,11,14,15 118 30 47-57 : Porter Lake 11,12,13,14 118 30 47-59 : Mud Lake 16 118 30 47-60 : Sioux Lake 16,17,20,21 118 30 47-61 : Willie Lake 19,30 118 30 47-62 : Greenleaf Lake 20,29 118 30 47-64 : Lake Erie 22,23,26,27 118 30 47-66 : Long Lake 23,24 118 30 47-68 : Lake Stella 2,3;34,35 118;119 30 47-69 : North Buckley (Rush) 1 119 30 Lake Page 2

47-70 : South Buckley 1,12 119 30 (Smiley) Lake 47-71 : Mud Lake 2,3,10,11 119 30 47-73 : East Andrew Nelson 19 119 30 Lake 47-74 : Turtle Lake 24,25 119 30 47-76 : Lake Darwin 25,26 119 30 47-77 : Stevens Lake 26,35 119 30 *47-80 : Casey Lake 32,33 119 30 47-81 : Hanon Lake 2;35,36 119;120 30 47-82 : Dunns Lake 3;34 119;120 30 47-85 : Mud Lake 7,8,18 120 30 *47-87 : Rice Lake 21,27,28 120 30 47-88 : Richardson Lake 33,34 120 30 47-95 : Clear Lake 15,16,21,22,27,28 121 30 47-96 : Little Mud Lake 22,23 121 30 47-101: Lake Andrew Nelson 19,30;24 119 30;31 47-102: Round Lake 30,31;25,36 119 30;31 47-106: Hoff Lake 1 117 31 47-110: Pipe Lake 16,20,21 117 31 47-112: Lake Harden 1;36 117;118 31 (Harding) 47-113: Coombs Lake 2,3;34,35 117;118 31 47-114: Atkinson Lake 3;34 117;118 31 47-115: Unnamed 4;33 117;118 31 47-116: Hoosier Lake 2,3 118 31 47-118: Evenson Lake 8,9 118 31 47-119: Lake Minnie-Belle 11,12,13,14 118 31 47-121: Mud Lake 15,22 118 31 47-122: Unnamed 16 118 31 47-126: Unnamed 30 118 31 47-127: Goose Lake 32,33 118 31 47-129: Star Lake 5-8;31,32 118;119 31 47-130: Unnamed 6;31 118;119 31 47-131: Stone Lake 3 119 31 47-132: Unnamed 7,18 119 31 47-133: Chicken Lake 9,10,15,16 119 31 47-134: Lake Ripley 14,15,22-26 119 31 47-135: East Hanson Lake 17,20 119 31 47-136: West Hanson Lake 17,18 119 31 47-137: Harold Lake 19,30 119 31 Page 3

47-138: Youngstrom Lake 21,28 119 31 47-140: Minnesota Lake 34 119 31 47-142: Towers Lake 7,8 120 31 47-143: Mary Lake 16,21 120 31 *47-144: Half Moon Lake 21 120 31 47-146: Madsen Lake 23,26 120 31 47-147: Schultz Lake 25,26,35,36 120 31 47-148: Unnamed 31 120 31 47-151: Horseshoe Lake 14,23 121 31 47-152: Mud Lake 19;24,25 117 31;32 47-153: King Lake 18,19;13,24,25 118 31;32 *47-154: Thoen Lake 18,19;13,24 119 31;32 47-155: Pigeon Lake 7;1,12 121 31;32 47-158: Unnamed 15,22 117 32 47-159: Thompson Lake 17 117 32 47-163: Unnamed 5,6 118 32 47-164: Unnamed 8,9,16,17 118 32 47-171: Belle Lake 22,23,27 118 32 47-173: Popple Lake 4,5;32,33 118;119 32 47-177: Long Lake various 119 32 47-178: Sather Lake 16,17,21 119 32 47-179: Moe Lake 17,20 119 32 *47-183: Hope Lake 25,26,35,36 119 32 47-184: Unnamed 27 119 32 47-189: Unnamed 32 119 32 47-191: Unnamed 3;34 119;120 32 47-192: Lund Lake 4;33 119;120 32 47-193: Wilcox Lake 2,3,10,11 120 32 47-194: Miller Lake 3,4,9,10 120 32 *47-196: Mud Lake 2,11,12 120 32 47-198: Peterson Lake 29 120 32 47-199: Helga Lake 29,32 120 32 47-201: Lake Emma 10,15 121 32 47-205: Whitney Lake 27,28 121 32 47-237: Unnamed 35 119 31 47-283: Unnamed 16,17 118 31 47-293: Unnamed 26 118 31 47-294: Unnamed 31 120 31 47-338: Unnamed 1,12 119 29 65-13 : Boon Lake 4-8,14;33 116;117 31 43-115: Cedar Lake various 117;118 30 Page 4

*43-117: Unnamed 31;1;36 116;117 30;31 86-293: Collinwood Lake 6,7;1,12 118 28;29 86-295: Swan Lake 6,7;1,12 119 28;29 86-296: Beaver Dam Lake 30;25 119 28;29 86-297: Scott Lake 19;24 121 28;29 86-298: Union Lake 30,31;25,36 121 28;29 73-200: Koronis Lake various 121;122 32 2. The following natural and altered natural watercourses are protected waters: From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range *Clearwater River 13 121 30 20 121 29 24(Basin 121 29 24 121 29 42) *Unnamed tributary 2 121 30 1 121 29 Willow Creek 23 121 29 23(Basin 121 29 42) North Fork Crow River 30 121 31 36 120 29 (NFCR) Grove Creek 11(Basin 119 32 29 121 31 177) Stag Brook 5 121 31 29 121 31 Unnamed to NFCR 15 121 31 23(Basin 121 31 151) Unnamed to NFCR 25 121 31 35 121 31 Battle Creek 7 119 31 13 120 31 Jewitts Creek (CD #17) 10(Basin 119 31 30 120 30 319) Unnamed to NFCR 17 119 30 20 120 30 Eagle Creek 11(Basin 120 29 23 120 29 2) *Unnamed to NFCR 4 119 30 35(Basin 120 30 81) 33 120 29 33 120 29 Washington Creek 29(Basin 119 29 3(Basin 119 29 46) 23) Sucker Creek 5 118 30 4(Basin 118 30 50) Page 5

From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range *Unnamed to NFCR 36(Basin 120 29 36 120 29 38) Unnamed to Lake Jennie 32 118 29 32(Basin 118 29 15) South Fork Crow River 11 117 32 24 117 31 (SFCR) Belle Creek 27(Basin 118 32 33 118 32 171) King Creek 25(Basin 118 32 11 117 32 153) Unnamed to King Lake 8(Basin 118 31 13(Basin 118 32 118) 153) Cedar Creek 31(Basin 118 30 24 117 31 43-115) Unnamed to SFCR 33(Basin 117 31 25 117 31 104) C. WETLANDS The following are wetlands: Number and Name Section Township Range 47-10 : Unnamed 14 118 29 47-12 : Unnamed 14,23 118 29 *47-18 : Unnamed 23,26,27 118 29 47-27 : Lunn Lake 19 119 29 *47-28 : Anderson Lake 19,30 119 29 47-30 : Unnamed 24 119 29 47-34 : Unnamed 29 119 29 47-39 : Unnamed 2 120 29 47-51 : Unnamed 4,9 118 30 47-52 : Unnamed 8 118 30 47-56 : Schoolhouse Lake 11 118 30 47-58 : Eighty Acre Lake 15 118 30 47-63 : Unnamed 21,22,28 118 30 47-65 : Unnamed 23 118 30 47-67 : Unnamed 35 118 30 47-72 : Unnamed 13 119 30 47-75 : Unnamed 24,25 119 30 Page 6

47-78 : Unnamed 29 119 30 47-79 : Unnamed 29 119 30 47-83 : Unnamed 3,10 120 30 47-84 : Unnamed 6 120 30 *47-89 : Round Lake 2,3;34,35 120;121 30 47-91 : Unnamed 31 121 30 47-93 : Unnamed 9 121 30 47-97 : Unnamed 27,34 121 30 47-98 : Unnamed 29,32 121 30 47-99 : Unnamed 30 121 30 47-100: Rohrbeck Lake 33 121 30 47-103: Unnamed 18,19;13 121 30;31 47-104: Unnamed 4;33 116;117 31 *47-117: Unnamed 7,18 118 31 47-124: Unnamed 25,36 118 31 47-125: Unnamed 29 118 31 47-128: Unnamed 34 118 31 *47-139: Unnamed 30,31 119 31 47-141: Unnamed 6 120 31 *47-145: Unnamed 21,22 120 31 47-149: Unnamed 14 121 31 47-150: Unnamed 16 121 31 47-160: Unnamed 21 117 32 47-161: Unnamed 1 118 32 47-162: Unnamed 4 118 32 47-166: Unnamed 14,23 118 32 47-168: Middle Lake 16 118 32 47-169: Rodewald Lake 17,18,19,20 118 32 *47-174: Unnamed 3 119 32 *47-175: Nelson Lake 8 119 32 47-182: Unnamed 21,28 119 32 47-187: Unnamed 29,30 119 32 47-202: West Lake 11 121 32 47-204: Unnamed 17 121 32 47-206: Lake Lydia 32,33 121 32 47-208: Unnamed 19;24 121 32;33 47-209: Unnamed 4 120 31 47-210: Linden Marsh 3 118 32 47-212: Unnamed 26 117 31 47-213: Unnamed 10,11 118 29 47-214: Unnamed 10,15,16 121 30 Page 7

47-215: Unnamed 16 121 30 47-216: Unnamed 3,10 121 32 47-217: Unnamed 3,10 121 32 47-218: Unnamed 3,4,9 121 32 47-219: Unnamed 6,7 121 32 47-220: Unnamed SW 7 121 32 *47-223: Unnamed 7,18;12,13 121 31;32 47-224: Unnamed 16,17 121 32 47-227: Unnamed 22 121 32 47-229: Unnamed 9,10 120 32 47-234: Unnamed 25 119 31 47-235: Unnamed 25,36 119 31 47-238: Unnamed 2;35 118;119 31 47-241: Unnamed 17,18 120 31 47-244: Unnamed 24 120 31 47-245: Unnamed 27 120 31 47-248: Unnamed 11,12 121 30 47-251: Unnamed 16 121 30 47-252: Unnamed 19,30 121 30 47-255: Unnamed 10,11 120 30 47-257: Unnamed NW 35 120 30 47-258: Unnamed 10 118 30 47-260: Unnamed 18,19 118 30 47-261: Unnamed 19 118 30 47-262: Unnamed 24 118 30 47-263: Unnamed 26 118 30 47-264: Unnamed 26,27,34,35 118 30 47-265: Unnamed 3,4,9,10 119 29 47-266: Unnamed 9,10,15 119 29 47-267: Unnamed 16 119 29 47-268: Unnamed 24 119 29 47-272: Unnamed 10 118 32 47-275: Unnamed 4 118 29 47-277: Unnamed 27 118 29 47-278: Unnamed 27 118 29 47-279: Unnamed 29 118 29 47-280: Unnamed 32,33 118 29 47-282: Unnamed 11 118 31 47-284: Unnamed 15 117 31 47-286: Unnamed 23 117 31 47-287: Unnamed 21 117 31 Page 8

47-290: Unnamed 36 117 31 47-291: Unnamed 36 119 32 47-297: Unnamed 20,29 119 29 47-298: Unnamed 9,10 118 29 47-299: Unnamed 18 121 31 47-302: Unnamed 6,7 121 31 47-303: Unnamed 7 121 31 47-306: Unnamed 9,10 121 31 47-307: Unnamed 1,12 121 31 47-308: Unnamed 11,14 121 31 47-309: Unnamed 15,16 121 31 47-311: Unnamed 30 121 29 47-312: Unnamed 27,28 121 29 47-313: Unnamed 36 121 29 47-314: Unnamed 18 118 31 47-316: Unnamed 26 118 29 47-317: Unnamed 4 119 31 47-318: Unnamed 6 119 31 47-319: Unnamed 10 119 31 47-320: Unnamed 13 119 31 47-322: Unnamed 31 119 31 47-323: Unnamed 33 119 31 47-325: Unnamed 26 119 32 47-328: Unnamed 3 117 31 47-329: Unnamed 10 117 31 47-330: Unnamed 9,16 117 31 47-331: Unnamed 15,16 117 31 47-332: Unnamed 7,18 121 30 47-334: Unnamed 36 121 30 47-335: Unnamed 1 119 29 47-336: Unnamed 1 119 29 47-337: Unnamed 1,2 119 29 47-339: Unnamed 17 119 29 47-340: Unnamed 27 119 29 47-341: Unnamed 27,28,33 120 31 47-342: Unnamed 29 120 31 47-343: Unnamed 29 120 31 47-344: Unnamed 11 119 30 47-346: Unnamed 21 119 30 47-348: Unnamed 9 118 30 47-349: Unnamed 14 119 31 Page 9

47-350: Unnamed 28,29 119 31 47-351: Unnamed 2 117 31 47-352: Unnamed 29 118 30 *This has been corrected from a previous typographic and/or cartographic error. Page 10