Lakes

There are thirteen lakes in the Elm Creek watershed. They are Cook, Diamond, Fish, Cowley, Dubay, Rice, Weaver, French, Sylvan and Mud lakes, and Lake Henry, Lake Jubert, and Mill Pond.

For more information about the lakes, click here for the 2010 lake summary

To download and view the Rice Lake data, click here.

Lake Descriptions

Cook Lake is located in the City of Maple Grove. Land use in the area is primarily golf course and rural residential. It covers 16 acres and has an average depth of seven feet Fish Lake is located in the City of Maple Grove. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural and rural residential. It covers 244 acres and has an average depth of nineteen feet.

 Cowley Lake is a small lake located within Hassan Township. There is little morphological information available for Cowley Lake. Because of its shallowness, the entire area is considered littoral zone (the 0-15 foot depth area of the lake dominated by aquatic vegetation) and it does not maintain a thermocline (a density gradient owing to changing water temperatures throughout the lake’s water column).

Dubay Lake is located in the City of Dayton. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural and rural residential. It covers 17 acres and has an average depth of two feet.

Rice Lake lies within the City of Maple Grove. The lake has a surface area of 252 acres, an average depth of 1.9 m (6.2 ft), and a volume of 1570 acre-feet. The maximum depth is 3.4 m (11 ft). Because of the shallowness of the lake, the entire area is considered littoral zone, and it does not maintain a thermocline (a density gradient owed to changing water temperatures throughout the lake’s water column). Eurasion watermilfoil was documented to be present in the lake in 1996. There is a carry-in public access to the lake.

Weaver Lake is located in the City of Maple Grove. Land use in the area is primarily residential and park/recreational. It covers 159 acres and has an average depth of twenty-one feet.

French Lake is located in the City of Dayton. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural and rural residential. It covers 352 acres (218 acres of that being open water) and has an average depth of three feet.

Sylvan Lake is located in Hassan Township. The lake has a surface area of approximately 114 acres. It has a maximum depth of approximately 4 m (13 feet). Because of the shallowness of the lake, its entire surface area is considered littoral zone. The littoral zone is the shallow 0-15 feet depth zone dominated by aquatic vegetation).

Mud Lake is located in the City of Maple Grove. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural and rural residential. It covers 406 acres and has an average depth of six and a half feet.

Henry Lake is a 77-acre lake located within Hassan Township (Hennepin County). Because the maximum depth of the lake is only 1.5 m (5 feet), the entire lake area is considered littoral zone (the 0-15 foot depth area of the lake dominated by aquatic vegetation). Additionally, because of the lake’s shallowness it does not maintain a thermocline (a density gradient owed to changing water temperatures throughout the lake’s water column).

Lake Jubert is located in the City of Corcoran. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural and rural residential. The lake covers 75 acres and has an average depth of six and a half feet.

Mill Pond is located in Champlin and managed as a children's fishing pond. It is stocked annually in the spring with adult bluegills and black crappies.