What lakes are in the Crow River Watershed?

660 monitored lakes drain through the Crow River Watershed, including Clearwater Lake, Birch Lake, Long Lake, and others. The watershed spans Minnesota.

What is the cleanest lake in the Crow River Watershed?

Clearwater Lake in Wright County has the most favourable nutrient and algae readings in the Crow River Watershed, with about 9.8 ft of clarity.

What is a HUC8 watershed?

HUC8 (Hydrologic Unit Code, 8-digit) is the USGS classification for "subbasins" — the level at which major named river systems are usually identified. The Crow River Watershed corresponds to HUC8 07010204.

Crow River Watershed, Lakes & Water Quality

The Crow River system draining central Minnesota agricultural counties — includes the Annandale and Buffalo lakes regions.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 26, 2026

Counties in this watershed

Meeker, Wright, McLeod, Hennepin, Carver, Stearns, Kandiyohi

Monitored Lakes (660)

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Clearwater Lake	Wright	9.8 ft	3,187 acres	73 ft
2	Birch Lake	Wright	15 ft	100 acres	52 ft
3	Long Lake	Stearns	13.5 ft	30 acres	28 ft
4	Long Lake	Kandiyohi	10.5 ft	325 acres	46 ft
5	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns	10 ft	415 acres	38 ft
6	Florida Lake	Kandiyohi	12.3 ft	705 acres	40 ft
7	Eagle Lake	Kandiyohi	6.9 ft	849 acres	67 ft
8	Ida Lake	Wright	13.1 ft	226 acres	60 ft
9	Upper Maple Lake	Wright	17.2 ft	633 acres	76 ft
10	Green Lake	Kandiyohi	14.1 ft	5,569 acres	110 ft
11	Charlotte Lake	Wright	17.1 ft	253 acres	46 ft
12	Bass Lake	Wright	13.5 ft	222 acres	34 ft
13	Moose Lake	Wright	14.4 ft	87 acres	43 ft
14	Crooked Lake	Stearns	15.5 ft	77 acres	35 ft
15	Cedar Lake	Wright	14.3 ft	790 acres	108 ft
16	George Lake	Kandiyohi	15 ft	228 acres	34 ft
17	Brickyard Lake	Carver	15 ft	14 acres	43 ft
18	Henderson Lake	Kandiyohi	13.5 ft	75 acres	57 ft
19	Minnewashta Lake	Carver	11.5 ft	680 acres	70 ft
20	Courthouse Lake	Carver	18.9 ft	12 acres	57 ft
21	West Sylvia Lake	Wright	22 ft	904 acres	97 ft
22	Pomerleau Lake	Hennepin	10.3 ft	26 acres	26 ft
23	Pleasant Lake	Wright	11.5 ft	597 acres	74 ft
24	Pulaski Lake	Wright	18 ft	-	-
25	Ember Lake	Wright	15.1 ft	59 acres	45 ft
26	Sweeney Lake	Hennepin	6.9 ft	68 acres	28 ft
27	East Sylvia Lake	Wright	21 ft	669 acres	78 ft
28	Piersons Lake	Carver	9.9 ft	267 acres	40 ft
29	Riley Lake	Hennepin	11.5 ft	296 acres	49 ft
30	Elkhorn Lake	Kandiyohi	14 ft	79 acres	41 ft
31	Crow R Mill Pond	Kandiyohi	7 ft	2,290 acres	14 ft
32	Sugar Lake	Wright	16.5 ft	1,014 acres	69 ft
33	Big Fish Lake	Stearns	20 ft	557 acres	70 ft
34	Lost Lake	Hennepin	3.2 ft	23 acres	6 ft
35	Minnie-Belle Lake	Meeker	14.4 ft	597 acres	49 ft
36	Fireman'S Lake	Carver	10.7 ft	9 acres	23 ft
37	Nixon Lake	Wright	13.1 ft	60 acres	67 ft
38	School Section Lake	Stearns	9.8 ft	211 acres	14 ft
39	Bush Lake	Hennepin	13 ft	171 acres	28 ft
40	St Joe Lake	Carver	8.4 ft	20 acres	52 ft
41	John Lake	Wright	8 ft	397 acres	28 ft
42	Minnetonka Lake	Hennepin	10 ft	14,206 acres	113 ft
43	Mud Lake	Wright	5.6 ft	57 acres	65 ft
44	Big Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	458 acres	42 ft
45	Round Lake	Hennepin	6.6 ft	31 acres	37 ft
46	Long Lake	Meeker	7.5 ft	164 acres	28 ft
47	Bryant Lake	Hennepin	9.8 ft	180 acres	45 ft
48	Otter Lake	Stearns	9 ft	92 acres	51 ft
49	Pirz Lake	Stearns	12 ft	-	-
50	Kraemer Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	195 acres	30 ft
51	Auburn Lake	Carver	6.4 ft	291 acres	84 ft
52	Fish Lake	Hennepin	8.2 ft	238 acres	49 ft
53	Washington Lake	Meeker	4.5 ft	2,438 acres	17 ft
54	Union Lake	Wright	5.5 ft	93 acres	35 ft
55	George Lake	Stearns	7.3 ft	9 acres	32 ft
56	Koronis Lake	Stearns	6 ft	2,968 acres	132 ft
57	Camelot Lake	Hennepin	1.3 ft	182 acres	31 ft
58	Mary Lake	Wright	8.9 ft	190 acres	46 ft
59	Ann Lake	Carver	8.7 ft	116 acres	45 ft
60	Calhoun Lake	Kandiyohi	6.9 ft	647 acres	13 ft
61	Bde Maka Ska Lake	Hennepin	9.8 ft	424 acres	82 ft
62	Francis Lake	Meeker	6.5 ft	1,053 acres	17 ft
63	Zumbra-Sunny Lake	Carver	9.8 ft	271 acres	58 ft
64	Harriet Lake	Hennepin	9.7 ft	341 acres	87 ft
65	Idlewild Lake	Hennepin	6.2 ft	13 acres	9 ft
66	Brooks Lake	Wright	5.6 ft	100 acres	21 ft
67	Hyland Lake	Hennepin	4.9 ft	84 acres	12 ft
68	Duck Lake	Hennepin	5.9 ft	-	-
69	Little Long Lake	Hennepin	18.7 ft	175 acres	45 ft
70	Wirth Lake	Hennepin	10.1 ft	40 acres	25 ft
71	Waconia Lake	Carver	7.3 ft	3,080 acres	37 ft
72	Grand Lake	Stearns	8 ft	651 acres	34 ft
73	Ripley Lake	Meeker	4.6 ft	614 acres	18 ft
74	Carrie Lake	Kandiyohi	4.5 ft	89 acres	26 ft
75	Meadow Lake	Hennepin	3.9 ft	-	-
76	Augusta Lake	Stearns	5.3 ft	187 acres	82 ft
77	Games Lake	Kandiyohi	5.2 ft	527 acres	42 ft
78	Little Mud Lake	Meeker	5.9 ft	37 acres	42 ft
79	Waverly Lake	Wright	6.9 ft	494 acres	70.5 ft
80	Nest Lake	Kandiyohi	7 ft	969 acres	40 ft
81	Pearl Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	753 acres	17 ft
82	Middle Lake	Kandiyohi	5.4 ft	368 acres	11 ft
83	Indian Lake	Wright	7.6 ft	139 acres	31 ft
84	Big Kandiyohi Lake	Kandiyohi	5.2 ft	2,730 acres	18 ft
85	Parkers Lake	Hennepin	7 ft	100 acres	37 ft
86	Champlin Mill Pond	Hennepin	4.9 ft	37 acres	11 ft
87	Warner Lake	Stearns	6 ft	37 acres	38 ft
88	Westwood Lake	Hennepin	5.6 ft	-	-
89	Crawford Lake	Wright	5.9 ft	110 acres	19 ft
90	Minnetoga Lake	Hennepin	4.4 ft	15 acres	27 ft
91	Smetana Lake	Hennepin	6.6 ft	52 acres	12 ft
92	Round Grove Lake	McLeod	2.3 ft	296 acres	7 ft
93	Erie Lake	Meeker	-	190 acres	34 ft
94	Mud Lake	Hennepin	3 ft	-	-
95	Unnamed Lake	Hennepin	3.3 ft	-	-
96	Medicine Lake	Hennepin	7.9 ft	924 acres	49 ft
97	Twin Lake	Hennepin	5.9 ft	217 acres	44 ft
98	Sauk Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	2,126 acres	61 ft
99	Whaletail Lake	Hennepin	3.3 ft	510 acres	22 ft
100	Cedar Lake	Hennepin	4.8 ft	164 acres	51 ft