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Little Lake Culvert

Cook County, MinnesotaView mapDirections

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Minnesota PCA for this lake.

Trend
Declining
6 years of samples
  • 6 aquatic invasives
  • Public access
  • Limited data

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Little Lake Culvert in Cook County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported.

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Little Lake Culvert is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, last sampled 2024-09-09. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Little Lake Culvert 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.

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Water quality measurements for Little Lake Culvert

These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Little Lake Culvert, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples

Fishing Little Lake Culvert

Invasive & Introduced Species

Red chips are ecologically harmful invasive species. Gray chips are stocked or introduced fish that aren't a current ecological concern.

Eurasian watermilfoilNew Zealand mud snailVHSfaucet snailround gobyruffespiny waterfleawhite perchzebra mussel

Based on 6 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Declining-10.747 m/yr5
Phosphorus Declining+1.93 µg/L/yr4
Chlorophyll-a Declining+0.06 µg/L/yr5
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Frequently asked questions about Little Lake Culvert

Where is Little Lake Culvert?

Little Lake Culvert is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Little Lake Culvert?

Little Lake Culvert in Cook County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported.

Is Little Lake Culvert safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Where this data comes from

5 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2020–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Grand Portage ReservationGPC5_WQX3 samples · 2022–2024
  • 21GPBCH - Grand Portage Beaches (Tribal)21GPBCH2 samples · 2020

Analytical methods

  • Turbidity by Nephelometry
Monitoring station identifiers (2)

EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.