What lakes are in the Rainy Lake Watershed?

346 monitored lakes drain through the Rainy Lake Watershed, including Little Wabana Lake, Pike Lake, Long Lake, and others. The watershed spans Minnesota.

What is the cleanest lake in the Rainy Lake Watershed?

Little Wabana Lake in Itasca County is the highest-rated lake in the Rainy Lake Watershed with a Grade A.

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 Rainy Lake Watershed corresponds to HUC8 09030001.

Rainy Lake Watershed

Minnesota · 346 monitored lakes · 106 grade A · 85 grade B · HUC8 09030001

Rainy Lake and the Vermilion River basin draining north into Hudson Bay via the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods — the BWCA borderlands and Voyageurs National Park.

Counties in this watershed

St. Louis, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Itasca

Monitored Lakes (346)

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Little Wabana Lake	Itasca	A	23.8 ft	115.73 acres	57 ft
2	Pike Lake	St. Louis	A	18 ft	488.26 acres	60 ft
3	Long Lake	Itasca	A	16.7 ft	155.28 acres	72 ft
4	Long Lake	Itasca	A	16.9 ft	134.49 acres	85 ft
5	Maple Lake	Itasca	A	15.3 ft	254.55 acres	39 ft
6	Sunshine Lake	St. Louis	A	20 ft	79.45 acres	37 ft
7	Shallow Lake	Itasca	A	16.4 ft	538.95 acres	85 ft
8	Trout Lake	Itasca	A	15.5 ft	1.9K acres	135 ft
9	Trout Lake	Itasca	A	18 ft	1.7K acres	157 ft
10	Clear Lake	Itasca	A	14.9 ft	140.4 acres	30 ft
11	Bass Lake	Itasca	A	18.2 ft	121.69 acres	65 ft
12	Eagles Nest Lake	St. Louis	A	15.5 ft	1.0K acres	49 ft
13	Turtle Lake	Itasca	A	17.1 ft	119.55 acres	54 ft
14	Mukooda Lake	St. Louis	A	16.6 ft	773.76 acres	78 ft
15	Pokegama Lake	Itasca	A	16 ft	6.7K acres	112 ft
16	Mcavity Lake	Itasca	A	17 ft	147 acres	29 ft
17	Silver Lake	St. Louis	A	19.3 ft	45.63 acres	29 ft
18	Caribou Lake	Itasca	A	31 ft	246.5 acres	152 ft
19	Wabana Lake	Itasca	A	18 ft	2.2K acres	115 ft
20	Hatch Lake	Itasca	A	16.5 ft	226.35 acres	88 ft
21	North Star Lake	Itasca	A	19 ft	831.62 acres	90 ft
22	Little Bass Lake	Itasca	A	17.7 ft	160.5 acres	62 ft
23	Napoleon Lake	Itasca	A	18 ft	138 acres	30 ft
24	Little Trout Lake	Itasca	A	22 ft	85.76 acres	80 ft
25	Majestic Lake	St. Louis	A	15.7 ft	52.28 acres	51 ft
26	Schultz Lake	St. Louis	A	15.5 ft	210.34 acres	48 ft
27	Bluewater Lake	Itasca	A	18.5 ft	364.22 acres	120 ft
28	Dunning Lake	Itasca	A	18.5 ft	-	-
29	Smith Lake	St. Louis	A	15 ft	193.22 acres	51 ft
30	Little Armstrong Lake	St. Louis	A	15.5 ft	69.68 acres	26 ft
31	Little Long Lake	Itasca	A	16 ft	304.55 acres	61 ft
32	Little Long Lake	St. Louis	A	21 ft	322.24 acres	45 ft
33	Rose Lake	St. Louis	A	-	58.9 acres	31 ft
34	Three Island Lake	Itasca	A	29 ft	250.26 acres	66 ft
35	Burntside Lake	St. Louis	A	16 ft	7.3K acres	126 ft
36	Mirror Lake	Itasca	A	18 ft	109.11 acres	45 ft
37	Siseebakwet Lake	Itasca	A	19 ft	1.2K acres	105 ft
38	Armstrong Lake	St. Louis	A	16.2 ft	382.34 acres	34 ft
39	Loon Lake	St. Louis	A	21.7 ft	-	-
40	Lost Lake	St. Louis	A	23 ft	124.07 acres	44 ft
41	St James Pit Lake	St. Louis	A	47.6 ft	124.18 acres	381 ft
42	Majestic Lake	St. Louis	A	17.1 ft	52.28 acres	51 ft
43	St. Marys Lake	St. Louis	A	16.8 ft	234.16 acres	44 ft
44	Deep Lake	St. Louis	A	17.2 ft	73.13 acres	50 ft
45	Johnson Lake	Itasca	A	15.7 ft	434.03 acres	88 ft
46	Sabin Lake	St. Louis	A	35 ft	278.87 acres	52 ft
47	St. Mary'S Lake	St. Louis	A	15 ft	234.16 acres	44 ft
48	Ely Lake	St. Louis	A	16 ft	723.09 acres	70 ft
49	Joe Martin Lake	St. Louis	A	36.7 ft	67.8 acres	77 ft
50	South Sugar Lake	Itasca	A	15 ft	82.72 acres	36 ft
51	Cruiser Lake	St. Louis	A	25.4 ft	117.53 acres	91 ft
52	Big Ole Lake	Itasca	A	21.8 ft	216.95 acres	65 ft
53	Larson Lake	Itasca	A	21 ft	208.18 acres	177 ft
54	Ball Club Lake	Itasca	A	15.5 ft	4.3K acres	85 ft
55	Pokegama Lake	Itasca	A	57.4 ft	6.7K acres	112 ft
56	Burns Lake	Itasca	A	16.1 ft	181.29 acres	100 ft
57	Big Island Lake	Itasca	A	16.4 ft	243.82 acres	42 ft
58	Whitewater Lake	St. Louis	A	15.4 ft	1.2K acres	73 ft
59	Aerie Lake	St. Louis	A	37.7 ft	146.35 acres	-
60	Meander Lake	St. Louis	A	27.9 ft	98.71 acres	-
61	O'Reilly Lake	Itasca	A	16 ft	189.31 acres	79 ft
62	Gale Lake	Itasca	A	17.1 ft	85.87 acres	50 ft
63	Superior Lake	St. Louis	A	-	-	-
64	Iron Chief Complex Lake	St. Louis	A	24.5 ft	207.44 acres	262.1 ft
65	Little Jay Gould Lake	Itasca	A	21.5 ft	149.97 acres	56 ft
66	Leighton Lake	Itasca	A	21.7 ft	245.45 acres	63 ft
67	Chase Lake	Itasca	A	21.7 ft	211.34 acres	95 ft
68	Little Sandy Lake	St. Louis	A	-	-	-
69	Sioux Lake	Itasca	A	-	71.07 acres	34 ft
70	Morph Lake	Itasca	A	-	-	-
71	Suseq32a Lake	St. Louis	A	-	-	-
72	Seq032a Lake	St. Louis	A	-	-	-
73	Ames Lake	Itasca	A	10 ft	563.87 acres	51 ft
74	Lost Lake	St. Louis	A	15.1 ft	-	-
75	Deer Lake	Itasca	A	13.1 ft	4.1K acres	121 ft
76	Five Island Lake	Itasca	A	13 ft	214.32 acres	33 ft
77	Sand Lake	Itasca	A	13 ft	714.55 acres	60 ft
78	Island Lake	St. Louis	A	14.5 ft	222.11 acres	65 ft
79	Pickerel Lake	Itasca	A	10.2 ft	240.65 acres	70 ft
80	George Lake	St. Louis	A	14.3 ft	41.57 acres	18 ft
81	Swan Lake	Itasca	A	13.5 ft	2.5K acres	65 ft
82	Rush Island Lake	Itasca	A	10.8 ft	296.78 acres	32 ft
83	Pleasant Lake	St. Louis	A	10 ft	334.62 acres	33 ft
84	Little Trout Lake	St. Louis	A	20.3 ft	271.84 acres	95 ft
85	Perch Lake	St. Louis	A	13.5 ft	343.61 acres	30 ft
86	Side Lake	St. Louis	A	11 ft	368.22 acres	32 ft
87	Trestle Lake	Itasca	A	14.8 ft	111.26 acres	35 ft
88	White Lake	St. Louis	A	11.5 ft	123.07 acres	29 ft
89	Sturgeon Lake	St. Louis	A	13.8 ft	1.6K acres	79.8 ft
90	Beatrice Lake	Itasca	A	10.5 ft	123.79 acres	29 ft
91	Bello Lake	Itasca	A	13.1 ft	527.41 acres	58 ft
92	Dodo Lake	St. Louis	A	13 ft	91.89 acres	53 ft
93	Gunn Lake	Itasca	A	14.3 ft	-	-
94	Busties Lake	Itasca	A	10.3 ft	245.14 acres	44 ft
95	Little Whitefish Lake	Itasca	A	11.5 ft	160.4 acres	15 ft
96	Cadotte Lake	St. Louis	A	10.2 ft	293.54 acres	18 ft
97	Jack the Horse Lake	Itasca	A	11.6 ft	363.48 acres	45 ft
98	Coon-Sandwick Lake	Itasca	A	10.7 ft	593.56 acres	36 ft
99	Bear Head Lake	St. Louis	A	11 ft	661.98 acres	46 ft
100	Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods	A	15.6 ft	-	-

Showing top 100 of 346 lakes by water quality grade.

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