Public Waters and Public Waters Wetlands Name Changes
Some public waters and public waters wetlands contained in the original Public Waters Inventory lists have had their names legislatively or legally changed. The changes are listed below by county.
PWI Type:
P = Public Waters
W = Public Waters Wetlands
|
County |
Basin ID# |
PWI Type |
PWI Name |
Minnesota DNR Commissioner Approved Name Changes |
Other Names* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Aitkin |
1-3 |
P |
Dutch |
|
Sandabacka |
|
|
Aitkin |
1-4 |
P |
Sandabacka |
|
Dutch |
|
|
Aitkin |
1-132 |
P |
Hansen Lake |
|
Hanson Lake |
|
|
Aitkin |
|
P |
Unnamed to Unnamed |
Musselshell Creek |
|
|
|
Anoka |
2-122 |
P |
Burns Lake |
Burns Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-82 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Wahbegon Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-105 |
P |
Collett Lake |
Collet Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-219 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Equay Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-287 |
P |
Pickeral Lake |
|
Pickerel Lake |
|
|
Becker |
3-357 |
P |
Monson Lake |
|
Munson Lake |
|
|
Becker |
3-550 |
P |
Seabold Lake |
Boe Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-551 |
P |
Boe Lake |
Unnamed Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-552 |
P |
Unnamed Lake |
Seebold Lake |
|
|
|
Becker |
3-638 |
P |
Beseau Lake |
Bijou Lake |
|
|
|
Beltrami |
4-161 |
P |
Bailey Lake |
Des Moines Lake |
|
|
|
Beltrami |
4-163 |
W |
Des Moines Lake |
|
Unnamed |
|
|
Beltrami |
|
P |
Squaw Creek |
Arntson Creek |
|
|
|
Big Stone |
6-135 |
P |
South Rockwell Lake |
South Rothwell Lake |
|
|
|
Big Stone |
6-147 |
P |
North Rockwell Lake |
North Rothwell Lake |
|
|
|
Brown |
8-54 |
P |
Altematt Lake |
|
Altermatt Lake |
|
|
Carlton |
|
P |
Moose River |
Moose Horn River |
|
|
|
Carlton |
|
P |
Squaw Creek |
Fond du Lac Creek |
|
|
|
Carlton |
|
P |
West Branch Moose Horn River |
West Fork Moose Horn River |
|
|
|
Carver |
10-216 |
W |
Unnamed |
McKnight Lake |
|
|
|
Carver |
10-217 |
W |
Unnamed |
Lake Jonathan |
|
|
|
Carver |
10-225 |
W |
Unnamed |
Brickyard Clayhole |
|
|
|
Carver |
10-226 |
P |
Firemen's Lake |
Firemens Clayhole |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-203 |
P |
Squaw Point - Leech Lake |
Oak Point - Leech Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-265 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Little Woman Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-282 |
P |
Mann Lake |
Man Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-305 |
P |
Squaw Point - Gull Lake |
Gull Point - Gull Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-361 |
P |
Sanburn Lake |
Sanborn Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-381 |
P |
Paquet Lake |
Poquet Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-469 |
P |
Anoway Lake |
Anway Lake |
|
|
|
Cass |
11-729 |
W |
Squaw Pond |
Scout Camp Pond |
|
|
|
Clearwater |
15-5 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Ozawindib Lake |
|
|
|
Cook |
16-212 |
P |
Flag Lake |
Flag Lake |
|
|
|
Cook |
16-24 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Olga Lake |
||
|
Cook |
16-175 |
P |
Lower Trout Lake |
|
Bower Trout Lake |
|
|
Cook |
16-417 |
P |
Trucker Lake |
|
Tucker Lake |
|
|
Cook |
16-539 |
P |
Unnamed |
Jester Lake |
|
|
|
Cook |
16-626 |
P |
Jap Lake |
Paulson Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-7 |
W |
Unnamed |
Kutil Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
|
|
Unnamed |
Chickadee Creek |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-76 |
P |
Long Lake |
Placid Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-78 |
W |
Whang Lake |
Vang Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-79 |
W |
Long Lake |
Peterson Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-80 |
P |
Goose Lake |
Arbor Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-94 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Lake Cuyuna |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-153 |
W |
Unnamed |
Mine Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-184 |
P |
Roger Lake |
|
Rogers |
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-207 |
P |
Square Lake |
Little Emily Lake |
|
|
|
Crow Wing |
18-426 |
W |
Bergland Lake |
Berglund Lake |
|
|
|
Dakota |
19-47 |
P |
Hornbean Lake |
Hornbeam Lake |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-34 |
P |
Unnamed |
Mill Pond |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-42 |
P |
Chicks (Childs) |
|
Childs |
|
|
Douglas |
21-103 |
P |
Lake Cowdry |
Lake Cowdrey |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-111 |
P |
Cook (Cork) |
|
Cork |
|
|
Douglas |
21-125 |
P |
Kiehne Lake |
Private Lake |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-191 |
W |
Unnamed |
Martin Lake |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-225 |
P |
Mud (Long) Lake |
Golden Pond |
|
|
|
Douglas |
21-306 |
P |
Unnamed |
Holl Lake |
|
|
|
Freeborn |
24-025 |
P |
Pickeral |
|
Pickerel |
|
|
Goodhue |
25-13 |
W |
Devil's Lake |
Devils Lake |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-31 |
P |
Lake Calhoun |
Bde Maka Ska |
||
|
Hennepin |
27-99 |
W |
Mud Lake |
Lake Camelot |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-108 |
P |
Snyder Lake |
Kreatz Lake |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-110 |
P |
Lake Wobegon |
|
Cavanaugh |
|
|
Hennepin |
27-121 |
P |
Schmidt Lake |
Edward Lake |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-189 |
P |
Tom Lake |
Lake Irene |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-467 |
W |
Kreatz Lake |
Unnamed Wetland |
|
|
|
Hennepin |
27-468 |
W |
Unnamed Wetland |
Snyder Lake |
|
|
|
Hubbard |
29-195 |
W |
Deer |
|
Deep |
|
|
Itasca |
31-174 |
W |
Herrigan |
|
Harrigan |
|
|
Itasca |
31-175 |
P |
Button Bow |
|
Buttonbox |
|
|
Itasca |
31-177 |
P |
Little Island |
|
Trible |
|
|
Itasca |
31-179 |
P |
Trible |
|
Little Island |
|
|
Itasca |
31-639 |
P |
Balloon Lake |
Hooligan Lake |
|
|
|
Itasca |
31-711 |
P |
Unnamed |
Lang Lake |
|
|
|
Itasca |
31-640 |
P |
Barney Lake |
Balloon Lake |
|
|
|
Itasca |
31-802 |
P |
Lac A Roy Lake |
Lac a Roy Lake |
|
|
|
Itasca |
31-812 |
P |
Big Club Lake |
|
Ball Club Lake |
|
|
Itasca |
31-837 |
P |
Norma Lake |
|
Noma Lake |
|
|
Itasca |
31-877 |
P |
Squaw Lake |
Natures Lake |
|
|
|
Itasca |
31-1101 |
P |
Unnamed Lake |
Boiler Lake |
|
|
|
Kandiyohi |
34-158 |
P |
Mud Lake (Monongalia) |
Lake Monongalia |
|
|
|
Kandiyohi |
34-169 |
P |
Wagonga Lake |
Lake Wakanda |
|
|
|
Kandiyohi |
34-421 |
W |
Unnamed |
Dia Linn Lake |
|
|
|
Koochiching/St. Louis |
|
P |
Squaw Creek |
Bois Forte Creek |
|
|
|
Koochiching |
36-19 |
P |
Tuefer Lake |
|
Teufer Lake |
|
|
Lake |
38-57 |
P |
Hogback Lake |
Canal Lake (38-0057-02) - south arm |
|
|
|
Lake |
38-57 |
P |
Hogback Lake |
Hogback Lake (38-0057-01) - north arm |
|
|
|
Lake |
38-440 |
P |
Redskin Lake |
Memegwesi Lake |
|
|
|
Lake |
38-584 |
P |
Pictro Lake |
|
Pietro Lake |
|
|
Lake |
38-668 |
P |
Swallow (Deep) Lake |
Deep Lake |
|
|
|
Lake |
38-811 |
P |
Squaw Bay - Fall Lake |
Mist Bay - Fall Lake |
|
|
|
Lake |
|
P |
Squaw Creek |
Fall Creek |
|
|
|
Lake |
|
P |
Unnamed to Split Rock River |
Strand Creek |
|
|
|
LeSueur |
40-57 |
P |
Lake Frances |
|
Lake Francis |
|
|
LeSueur/Scott |
|
P |
Unnamed to Raven Creek |
Philipps Creek |
|
|
|
Martin |
46-14 |
P |
Wilmert Lake |
Willmert Lake |
|
|
|
Martin |
46-23 |
P |
Bardwell Lake |
Mud Lake |
|
|
|
Meeker |
47-17 |
P |
Long Lake |
Collins Lake |
|
|
|
Meeker |
47-37 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Boo Lake |
|
|
|
Meeker |
47-53 |
P |
Benton Lake |
|
Hurley Lake |
|
|
Meeker |
47-54 |
P |
Hurley Lake |
|
Benton Lake |
|
|
Meeker |
47-69 |
P |
North Buckley (Rush) Lake |
North Buckley Lake |
|
|
|
Meeker |
47-70 |
P |
South Buckley (Smiley) Lake |
South Buckley Lake |
|
|
|
Morrison |
49-73 |
P |
Mott Lake |
|
Alott Lake |
|
|
Morrison |
|
P |
Arramba Creek |
Mischke Creek |
|
|
|
Murray |
51-79 |
P |
Iran Lake |
|
Iron Lake |
|
|
Olmsted |
|
P |
Unnamed |
Minnow Brook |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-247 |
P |
Fischer (Carroll) Lake |
Fischer Lake |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-381 |
P |
Mud (Amor) Lake |
Amor Lake (56-0381-01) - east arm |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-381 |
P |
Mud (Amor) Lake |
Mud Lake (56-0381-02) - west arm |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-386 (3) |
P |
Big McDonald #2 |
McDonald Lake (56-0386-03) |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-513 |
P |
Ottos (Lewis) Lake |
Ottos Lake |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-532 |
P |
Leek (Trowbridge) Lake |
Leek Lake (56-0532-02) - west arm |
|
|
|
Otter Tail |
56-532 |
P |
Leek (Trowbridge) Lake |
Trowbridge Lake (56-0532-01) - east arm |
|
|
|
Pine |
|
P |
Unnamed |
Rock Dam Creek |
|
|
|
Polk |
60-288 |
P |
Unnamed |
Schulstad Lake |
|
|
|
Polk |
60-329 |
P |
Wahl |
Bakken |
|
|
|
Pope |
61-114 |
W |
Unnamed |
Fosse Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-35 |
P |
Murphy Lake |
Tommila Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-44 |
P |
Long Lake |
Butterball Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-47 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Black Mallard Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-49 |
P |
Unnamed |
Little Butterball Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-97 |
P |
Old Squaw Lake |
Nightengale Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-166 |
P |
Sparrow Lake |
|
Purvis Lake |
|
|
St. Louis |
69-254 |
P |
Bearhead Lake |
|
Bear Head Lake |
|
|
St. Louis |
69-378 |
P |
Unnamed Island - Vermilion Lake |
Holmbo Island - Vermilion Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-498 |
P |
Squaw Island - Trout Lake |
Equay Island - Trout Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-630 |
W |
Mud Lake |
Golden Pond |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-693 |
P |
Lone Squaw Island - Namakan Lake |
Nokomis Island - Namakan Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-693 |
P |
Squaw Narrows - Namakan Lak e |
Voyageur Narrows - Namakan Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-738 |
P |
Long Lake |
Mulden Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
69-797 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Watercress Lake |
|
|
|
St. Louis/Koochiching |
|
P |
Squaw Creek |
Bois Fort Creek |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
|
P |
Unnamed to Dark River |
Watercress Creek |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
|
P |
Unnamed to South Branch Whiteface River |
Kim's Creek |
|
|
|
St. Louis |
|
P |
Long Lake Creek |
Butterball Creek |
|
|
|
Scott |
70-153 |
W |
Unnamed |
|
Jeffers Pond |
|
|
Scott |
70-260 |
W |
Unnamed |
Featherstone Lake |
|
|
|
Scott/LeSueur |
|
P |
Unnamed to Raven Creek |
Philipps Creek |
|
|
|
Sherburne |
71-31 |
W |
Unnamed |
Prairie Hill Lake |
|
|
|
Sherburne |
71-34 |
W |
Unnamed |
Lake Margritte |
|
|
|
Sibley |
72-18 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Erin Lake |
|
|
|
Stearns |
73-31 |
P |
Bakers (Watab) Lake |
Bakers Lake |
|
|
|
Stearns |
73-88 |
P |
Bolting Lake |
Bolfing Lake |
|
|
|
Steele |
|
P |
Unnamed to Unnamed |
Izaak Walton Creek |
|
|
|
Wabasha |
79-10 |
P |
Richard Doer Pools |
|
Richard Dorer Pools |
|
|
Wabasha |
|
P |
Unnamed |
Zell Creek |
|
|
|
Washington |
82-80 |
P |
Halfbreed Lake |
Lake Keewahtin |
|
|
|
Washington |
82-83 |
P |
Unnamed Lake |
Lake Robert |
|
|
|
Washington |
82-116 |
W |
Unnamed |
Armstrong Lake |
|
|
|
Washington |
82-391 |
W |
Unnamed Lake |
Veronica Pond |
|
|
|
Washington |
82-419 |
W |
Unnamed Lake |
Margaret Lake |
|
|
|
Washington |
|
P |
Unnamed to Eagle Point Lake |
Raleigh Creek |
|
|
|
Washington |
|
P |
Unnamed stream, sections 21, 22, 27 & 28, T. 29, R. 21 |
Farney Creek |
|
|
|
Washington |
|
P |
Unnamed stream, sections 21, 28, T. 29, R. 21 |
North Farney Creek |
|
|
|
Wright |
86-26 |
P |
Mud Lake |
Hunters Lake |
|
|
|
Wright |
86-27 |
W |
Potanski Lake |
Spotanski Lake |
|
|
|
Wright |
86-185 |
W |
Mud Lake |
Mallard Pass Lake |
|
|
|
Wright |
86-279 |
P |
Twin Lake |
West Lake Sylvia |
|
|
|
Wright |
86-289 |
P |
Sylvia Lake |
East Lake Sylvia |
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* Substantial evidence exists that these names are correct because of application errors, misspellings, or other reasons.
August 11, 2022