What lakes are in the Sauk River Watershed?

466 monitored lakes drain through the Sauk River Watershed, including Lobster Lake, Latoka Lake, Little Birch Lake, and others. The watershed spans Minnesota.

What is the cleanest lake in the Sauk River Watershed?

Lobster Lake in Douglas County has the most favourable nutrient and algae readings in the Sauk River Watershed, with about 13 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 Sauk River Watershed corresponds to HUC8 07010202.

Sauk River Watershed, Lakes & Water Quality

The Sauk River chain of lakes in central Minnesota — popular cabin and resort destination west of St. Cloud.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 26, 2026

Counties in this watershed

Stearns, Pope, Douglas, Todd

Monitored Lakes (466)

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Lobster Lake	Douglas	13 ft	1,334 acres	65 ft
2	Latoka Lake	Douglas	19 ft	767 acres	108 ft
3	Little Birch Lake	Todd	13 ft	839 acres	89 ft
4	Long Lake	Stearns	13.5 ft	30 acres	28 ft
5	Maple Lake	Douglas	14.1 ft	831 acres	78 ft
6	Chippewa Lake	Douglas	14.8 ft	1,186 acres	95 ft
7	Cowdry Lake	Douglas	17.1 ft	243 acres	52 ft
8	Big Spunk Lake	Stearns	10 ft	415 acres	38 ft
9	Vermont Lake	Douglas	14.1 ft	342 acres	59 ft
10	Darling Lake	Douglas	14 ft	1,050 acres	62 ft
11	Ida Lake	Douglas	16.4 ft	4,445 acres	106 ft
12	Crooked Lake	Stearns	15.5 ft	77 acres	35 ft
13	Crooked Lake	Douglas	14 ft	284 acres	35 ft
14	Miltona Lake	Douglas	18.7 ft	5,731 acres	105 ft
15	Mary Lake	Douglas	10.5 ft	2,450 acres	40 ft
16	Linka Lake	Pope	10.2 ft	178 acres	50 ft
17	Le Homme Dieu Lake	Douglas	13.1 ft	1,801 acres	85 ft
18	Geneva Lake	Douglas	14.1 ft	640 acres	63 ft
19	Rachel Lake	Douglas	7.9 ft	448 acres	65 ft
20	Andrew Lake	Douglas	13.9 ft	923 acres	83 ft
21	Minnewaska Lake	Pope	11 ft	8,050 acres	32 ft
22	Moon Lake	Douglas	21 ft	139 acres	38 ft
23	Big Fish Lake	Stearns	20 ft	557 acres	70 ft
24	Lottie Lake	Douglas	16.1 ft	46 acres	31 ft
25	Scandinavian Lake	Pope	8 ft	417 acres	49 ft
26	Scandinavian Lake	Pope	7.9 ft	-	-
27	Signalness Lake	Pope	10.7 ft	42 acres	14 ft
28	Carlos Lake	Douglas	18 ft	2,605 acres	163 ft
29	Brophy Lake	Douglas	15.4 ft	297 acres	44 ft
30	Burgen Lake	Douglas	12 ft	174 acres	43 ft
31	South Oscar Lake	Douglas	16.7 ft	-	-
32	Stoney Lake	Douglas	19 ft	87 acres	58 ft
33	Louise Lake	Douglas	14.5 ft	214 acres	33 ft
34	North Union Lake	Douglas	20.3 ft	118 acres	42 ft
35	School Section Lake	Stearns	9.8 ft	211 acres	14 ft
36	Blackwell Lake	Douglas	11.5 ft	307 acres	42 ft
37	Irene Lake	Douglas	9.8 ft	639 acres	44 ft
38	Big Birch Lake	Todd	12.5 ft	2,107 acres	81 ft
39	Big Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	458 acres	42 ft
40	Long Lake	Todd	10.1 ft	399 acres	63 ft
41	Otter Lake	Stearns	9 ft	92 acres	51 ft
42	Pirz Lake	Stearns	12 ft	-	-
43	Kraemer Lake	Stearns	6.9 ft	195 acres	30 ft
44	Johanna Lake	Pope	5.1 ft	1,399 acres	10 ft
45	George Lake	Stearns	7.3 ft	9 acres	32 ft
46	Koronis Lake	Stearns	6 ft	2,968 acres	132 ft
47	Mill Lake	Douglas	11 ft	451 acres	40 ft
48	Villard Lake	Pope	4.6 ft	544 acres	16 ft
49	Victoria Lake	Douglas	10.2 ft	417 acres	60 ft
50	Grove Lake	Pope	5.1 ft	345 acres	31 ft
51	Grand Lake	Stearns	8 ft	651 acres	34 ft
52	Amelia Lake	Pope	9.2 ft	934 acres	69 ft
53	Leven Lake	Pope	4.9 ft	282 acres	33 ft
54	Augusta Lake	Stearns	5.3 ft	187 acres	82 ft
55	Reno Lake	Pope	7.5 ft	3,809 acres	23 ft
56	Pocket Lake	Douglas	8.5 ft	263 acres	40 ft
57	Pearl Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	753 acres	17 ft
58	Warner Lake	Stearns	6 ft	37 acres	38 ft
59	Henry Lake	Douglas	5.9 ft	152 acres	32 ft
60	Agnes Lake	Douglas	5.4 ft	137 acres	31 ft
61	Pelican Lake	Pope	5.2 ft	518 acres	34 ft
62	Maple Lake	Todd	6 ft	388 acres	23 ft
63	Sauk Lake	Stearns	3.9 ft	2,126 acres	61 ft
64	Emily Lake	Pope	2 ft	2,316 acres	6 ft
65	Goose Lake	Pope	6.1 ft	324 acres	17 ft
66	Ann Lake	Pope	7.2 ft	370 acres	14 ft
67	Jessie Lake	Douglas	6.8 ft	110 acres	26 ft
68	Goodners Lake	Stearns	5 ft	191 acres	24 ft
69	Krays Lake	Stearns	3.5 ft	95 acres	40 ft
70	Gilchrist Lake	Pope	3.9 ft	336 acres	24 ft
71	Louisa Lake	Stearns	5.7 ft	193 acres	44 ft
72	Guernsey Lake	Todd	3.9 ft	121 acres	19 ft
73	Strandness Lake	Pope	3 ft	92 acres	5 ft
74	Westport Lake	Pope	4.6 ft	203 acres	12 ft
75	Little Sauk Lake	Todd	5.1 ft	277 acres	29 ft
76	Osakis Lake	Todd	10.5 ft	6,389 acres	73 ft
77	Schneider Lake	Stearns	12 ft	60 acres	52 ft
78	Eden Lake	Stearns	3 ft	278 acres	77 ft
79	Freeborn Lake	Douglas	4.6 ft	248 acres	18 ft
80	Juergens Lake	Todd	5.9 ft	117 acres	22 ft
81	Mud Lake	Stearns	3 ft	161 acres	20 ft
82	Horseshoe Lake	Stearns	4 ft	629 acres	57 ft
83	Long Lake	Stearns	2.5 ft	487 acres	35 ft
84	Rice Lake	Stearns	3 ft	1,513 acres	41 ft
85	Red Rock Lake	Douglas	3.6 ft	904 acres	22 ft
86	Stowe Lake	Douglas	2.6 ft	377 acres	14 ft
87	Smith Lake	Douglas	3.6 ft	666 acres	30 ft
88	North Brown'S Lake	Stearns	4 ft	312 acres	41 ft
89	Cedar Island Lake	Stearns	3.5 ft	986 acres	75 ft
90	Knaus Lake	Stearns	2.5 ft	216 acres	20 ft
91	Malmedal Lake	Pope	1.6 ft	199 acres	10 ft
92	Simon Lake	Pope	1.3 ft	-	-
93	Marie Lake	Stearns	5.1 ft	146 acres	36 ft
94	Uhlenkolts Lake	Stearns	0.7 ft	250 acres	18 ft
95	Winona Lake	Douglas	2 ft	213 acres	9 ft
96	Bolfing Lake	Stearns	6.3 ft	109 acres	36 ft
97	Mccormic Lake	Stearns	-	-	-
98	Pelican Lake	Stearns	13.5 ft	291 acres	46 ft
99	Horseshoe Lake	Todd	10 ft	121 acres	24 ft
100	Long Lake	Todd	14 ft	-	-