Lake Management Plan

go to PGOLID main pageChapter 1 includes an introduction and abstract
Chapter 2 includes the goals of PGOLID
Chapter 3 history covers geological formation to current district projects
Chapter 4 covers watershed characteristics of most of northwest Minnesota
Chapter 5 covers the main watershed around the Pelican Lakes
Chapter 6 covers the minor watersheds that surround Pelican Lake
Chapter 7 describes the types of data collected and why
Chapter 8 reports the data and water quality of inlets and outlets to Pelican Lake
Chapter 9 reports the water quality data for the Pelican Lakes

Chapter 10
Chapter 11 Safety and Buoys

 

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Chapter 5: Main Watershed Characteristics

5.4 Watershed Inventory

The Pelican River watershed is the focus watershed of study. It is 28,209 acres in area. Most of the watershed is open water, deciduous forest, and agriculture. It is the last watershed that the Pelican River passes though before leaving the Pelican River watershed district.

Fig. 5.8 Pelican River Watershed ( Pelican River watershed 56007 highlighted).

 

Fig 5.10 Pelican River watershed 56007 landuse

UNIT Acres Percentages
Open water 5750.67 20.39
Low intensity residential 16.90 0.06
High intensity residential 1.56 0.01
Commercial/industrial/transportation 42.93 0.15
Mining/gravel pits 40.48 0.14
Transitional 2.22 0.01
Decidious forest 5603.21 19.86
Evergreen forest 474.64 1.68
Mixed forest 15.79 0.06
Shrublands 1.78 0.01
Pasture / hay 3503.56 12.42
Row crops 4710.63 16.70
Small grains 5054.27 17.92
Urban / recreational grasses 8.45 0.03
Forested wetlands 663.03 2.35
Emergent herbaceous wetlands 1808.50 6.41
Lake homes and other rural dev. (1990s) 276.02 0.98
Rural farmsteads (1990s) 113.43 0.40
Bog/Marsh/Fen (1990s) 111.66 0.40
Spruce/fir in wetlands 9.56 0.03
TOTAL 28,209.306  

Next page: Chapter 5.5 Ground Truthing

 
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