Dinner Pail Lake
Itasca County, Minnesota47 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Minnesota PCA for this lake.
- 31 ft max depth
Dinner Pail Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 31.2 ft. Surface area: 47 acres.
Dinner Pail Lake is a 47-acre lake in Itasca County, Minnesota with a maximum depth of 31 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Dinner Pail Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water31.2 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Dinner Pail Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota DNR and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Dinner Pail Lake
These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Dinner Pail Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Max depth
31.2 ft
Surface area
47 acres
Shoreline
1.1 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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Frequently asked questions about Dinner Pail Lake
Where is Dinner Pail Lake?
- Dinner Pail Lake is a lake in Itasca County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Dinner Pail Lake?
- Dinner Pail Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 31.2 ft. Surface area: 47 acres.
Is Dinner Pail Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Dinner Pail Lake?
- Dinner Pail Lake has a maximum depth of 31.2 feet. The lake covers 47 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Dinner Pail Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
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Lake details from Minnesota DNR LakeFinder