Lake Management Plan
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6.1 Bob Creek
Bob Creek flows from Burton Lake into the west side of Lake Pelican. From Burton Lake the stream flows through a cattle farm with approximately 50 head of cattle. From the cattle farm there is no open water for over ¾ miles, only a dense layer of reeds in shallow water (0-6"). The stream continues through 2 more bodies of open water with cattail reed barriers before the outlet. The largest body of water is surrounded by at least 25 yards of reeds as well as woods and brush. It is 6" to 5'+ deep with a muck bottom. The smaller body of water is 6" to 3' deep and is also surrounded by at least 25 yards of reeds. Bob Creek has a muck bottom until the culvert. After the culvert the bottom is mostly sand. There is no continual open water from Burton Lake to Pelican Lake or from the two bodies of water. As of 2005 RMBEL has been monitoring Burton Lake Outlet to better understand this watershed and its effect of Pelican Lake.
The Bob Creek watershed is largely used for agricultural applications.
Fig 6.1 Pelican River watershed, Bob Creek watershed 56005 highlighted in orange.
Fig 6.2 Bob Creek watershed 56005 landuse.
Bob Creek Watershed 56005 |
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| Unit | Acres |
Percentage |
| Open water | 140.85 |
1.60 |
| Low intensity residentia | 2.47 |
0.03 |
| Commercial/industrial/transportation | 0.00 |
0.00 |
| Mining/gravel pits | 59.30 |
0.68 |
| Transitional | 0.00 |
0.00 |
| Decidious forest | 612.81 |
6.98 |
| Evergreen forest | 0.00 |
0.00 |
| Mixed forest | 2.47 |
0.03 |
| Pasture / hay | 1643.22 |
18.72 |
| Row crops | 1396.12 |
15.91 |
| Small grains | 3617.54 |
41.22 |
| Urban / recreational grasses | 0.00 |
0.00 |
| Forested wetlands | 229.80 |
2.62 |
| Emergent herbaceous wetlands | 936.51 |
10.67 |
| Lake homes and other rural dev. (1990s) | 19.77 |
0.23 |
| Rural farmsteads (1990s) | 34.59 |
0.39 |
| Bog/Marsh/Fen (1990s) | 81.54 |
0.93 |
| TOTAL | 8776.992 |
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Fig 6.3 Photos of typical terrain in Bob Creek Watershed.