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 6: Minor Watershed Inventory

6.4 Duck Lake Watershed

Duck Lake is a part of the Pelican River Watershed. It has the least amount of impacting area. Duck Lake is a highly eutrophic lake that is surrounded by minor cattle grazing. The watersheds boundaries are divided by the road. Duck Lake drains into Pelican Lake through a small pipe running underneath the road and property.

Duck Lake watershed is a part of the Pelican River 56007 watershed. It consists of mostly agriculture, forest and wetlands.

Fig 6.13 Pelican River watershed, Pelican River watershed 56007 ( Duck Lake ) outlined.

Fig 6.14 Duck Lake watershed landuse.

Pelican River 56007 Duck Lake
UNIT
Acres
Percentage
Open water

114.10

0.20

Transitional

0.22

0.00

Decidious forest

102.31

0.18

Shrublands

0.22

0.00

Pasture / hay

94.97

0.17

Row crops

67.84

0.12

Small grains

97.20

0.17

Urban / recreational grasses

0.22

0.00

Forested wetlands

9.79

0.02

Emergent herbaceous wetlands

57.16

0.10

Lake homes and other rural dev. (1990s)

11.12

0.02

Rural farmsteads (1990s)

2.00

0.00

Bog/Marsh/Fen (1990s)

1.56

0.00

TOTAL

558.72

Fig 6.15 Duck Lake.

Next page: Chapter 7. Data Collection

 
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