​Lakes

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

More information about the lakes can be found in the Commission's Annual Reports.

2024 Lake Report Cards
Diamond Lake
Fish Lake
Rice Lake
Weaver Lake

2023 Lake Report Cards
Diamond Lake
Fish Lake
Rice Lake
Weaver Lake

2022 Lake Report Cards
Diamond Lake
Fish Lake
Rice Lake
Weaver Lake

2021 Lake Report Cards
Diamond Lake
Fish Lake
Rice Lake
Weaver Lake

Older Lake Report Cards

Lakes and streams in the Elm Creek watershed.

Lake Descriptions

Cook Lake is 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 

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). 

Diamond Lake is in the City of Dayton. It covers an area of 389 acres and has a maximum depth of seven feet. Most of the lake is open water, with narrow emergent fringe extending around less than 10% of the lake’s perimeter. About 15% of the perimeter supports standard residential lot development; most of the remainder of shoreline is in agricultural or other non-developed uses.  

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. 

Fish Lake is in the City of Maple Grove. It is 352 acres in area and has an average depth of 20 feet and a maximum depth of 49 feet. Land use in the area is primarily residential. Fish Lake Regional Park is on the south end, with a swimming beach, boat launch, and fishing pier.

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. 

Goose Lake, located in the City of Dayton, features two large developed residential lots on its southeast shoreline.  The remainder of the 64.4 acre-lake is located within the Elm Creek Park Reserve.  It has a maximum depth of 6.3 feet.

Henry Lake is a 77-acre lake located within the City of Rogers. 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. The Mill Pond has a maximum depth of 11 feet.  Its 34-acre lake area is entirely littoral.

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. 

Prairie Lake is located in the City of Rogers, entirely within the Crow Hassan Park Reserve.  It has an area of 34.4 acres ad a maximum depth of seven feet.  Monitoring data shows Prairie Lake does not stratify. There is no riparian development on this lake nor evidence of pleasure boating, swimming or sport fishing.

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).. There is a carry-in public access to the lake. and shore fishing.

Sylvan Lake is located in the City of Rogers. 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 dominated by aquatic vegetation). 

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