Minnetonka — Minnesota lake report
Hennepin County · DOW 27013300
Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota (DOW 27013300). Latest published water level: 929.04 ft on 2026-04-09. Monitored Secchi clarity: 9.6 ft in 2022.
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Identity and lake map
Published coordinate marker: 44.929218, -93.594715.
- geography — area acres
- 14205.6 acre
- geography — basin role
- main_basin
- geography — border status
- within_minnesota
- geography — coordinates
- {"latitude":44.929218,"longitude":-93.594715}
- geography — lake type
- Lake or Pond
- geography — littoral acres
- No published value acre
- geography — max depth ft
- 113 foot
- geography — mean depth ft
- 30 foot
- geography — shoreline miles
- No published value mile
- identity — county
- Hennepin
- identity — dow
- 27013300
- identity — name
- Minnetonka
Lake shape and related waters
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Open interactive outline
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Latest published observations
Dated observations and regulatory status are kept distinct.
- assessment — cycle
- 2024publication date:
- assessment — lake status
- impairedpublication date:
- ice — latest in
- 2025-12-07observation date:
- ice — latest out
- 2026-04-03observation date:
- water levels — latest date
- 2026-04-09observation date:
- water levels — latest value
- 929.04 footobservation date:
- water quality — monitored clarity ft
- 9.6 foot
- water quality — monitored clarity year
- 2022
Water-quality assessment detail
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Water level
The selected observation names its datum and series; incompatible datums are never combined.
- water levels — datum
- NGVD 29
- water levels — series id
- 27013300:datum:b99559e92b
- water levels — station identity
- No published value
Water-level history
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Ice-in and ice-out
Ice-in, ice-out, incomplete seasons, programs, and qualifying trends remain separate.
- ice — latest by program
- [{"latestIceInDate":"2014-11-27","latestIceOutDate":null,"latestMatchedDurationDays":null,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":null,"programId":"MNDNR","programLabel":"MNDNR"},{"latestIceInDate":null,"latestIceOutDate":"1999-04-02","latestMatchedDurationDays":null,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":null,"programId":"MNDNR-LAKESDB","programLabel":"Minnesota DNR Lakes-DB"},{"latestIceInDate":"2025-12-07","latestIceOutDate":"2026-04-03","latestMatchedDurationDays":117,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":2025,"programId":"MNDNR-SCO","programLabel":"Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office"},{"latestIceInDate":"2006-12-04","latestIceOutDate":"1999-04-02","latestMatchedDurationDays":null,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":null,"programId":"MNPCA","programLabel":"Minnesota Pollution Control Agency"}]
- ice — out trend days per decade
- -1.66 days/decade
Ice history
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Water clarity and observed water quality
Observed monitoring and modeled satellite estimates are separate evidence surfaces.
- water quality — clarity trend
- improving
Fish survey and abundance
- fisheries — abundance species evidence
- {"BLB":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"BLC":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":1.88,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"BLG":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":92.04,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"BOF":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.25,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"BRB":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.62,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"CAP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"GOS":{"comparisonType":"statewide_species_gear_percentile","cpue":0.12,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"GSF":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.71,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"HSF":{"comparisonType":"statewide_species_gear_percentile","cpue":13.25,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"LMB":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.08,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"NOP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":12.17,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"PMK":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":5.21,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"WAE":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":2.5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"WTS":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.04,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"YEB":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":3.96,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"YEP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":3.08,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"}}
- fisheries — latest lake survey date
- 2022-06-06observation date:
- fisheries — selected abundance survey date
- 2022-06-06observation date:
- fisheries — species count
- 18
- fisheries — survey count
- 15
Fish Survey Detail
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Stocking history
- fisheries — stocking latest year
- 2024
- fisheries — stocking recent cutoff year
- 2017
- fisheries — stocking recent events by species
- {"Muskellunge":13,"Walleye":16}
- fisheries — stocking recent statement
- 29 recorded stocking events since 2017. Source records currently extend through 2024.generation date:
- fisheries — stocking source through year
- 2024
- fisheries — stocking total events
- 91
Stocking History
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Official AIS listing
This is regulatory listing status, not occurrence evidence.
- ais — current extent scopes
- ["whole_waterbody"]
- ais — current listing count
- 3
- ais — current species
- ["Eurasian watermilfoil","Flowering rush","Zebra mussel"]
- ais — official status
- Listed
Official Ais Listings
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AIS occurrence evidence
Occurrence evidence cannot create or change an official infestation listing.
No applicable published fact.
Public access and depth contours
- access — documented listing count
- 10
- access — status
- Public access documented
- access — types
- ["A","CA","CO","GRAVEL"]
- bathymetry — available
- Yes
Access Detail
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Depth Contours
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Public-land and road context
Ownership, management, easements, designations, and included mapped roads remain separate context facts.
- public land — designation nearest meters
- 0 meter
- public land — designation shoreline adjacent percent
- 0.1 percent
- public land — easement nearest meters
- No published value meter
- public land — easement shoreline adjacent percent
- 0 percent
- public land — management nearest meters
- No published value meter
- public land — management shoreline adjacent percent
- 0 percent
- public land — other interest nearest meters
- 0 meter
- public land — other interest shoreline adjacent percent
- 100 percent
- public land — ownership nearest meters
- 0 meter
- public land — ownership shoreline adjacent percent
- 8.6 percent
- roads — density km per sq km
- 6.4866 km/km2
- roads — eligible buffer area square meters
- 80492800 square meter
- roads — included length meters
- 522121.7 meter
- roads — nearest included meters
- 0 meter
- roads — nearest major meters
- 107.27 meter
- roads — united states coverage complete
- Yes
Public-Land Detail
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Road Detail
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Sources, dates, methods, and corrections
| Source | Release and dates | Evidence | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota DNR LakeFinder access listings | documented access. Release: not stated; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | management | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Minnesota DNR List of Infested Waters | official ais. Release: 2026-05-13; publication: 2026-05-13; retrieved: 2026-07-21. | regulatory | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| MPCA 2024 Integrated Report assessed and impaired waters | assessment. Release: 2024 final approved cycle; publication: 2024-04-25; retrieved: 2026-07-22. | regulatory | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Bathymetry | bathymetry. Release: not stated; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | not stated | not stated |
| Minnesota DNR LakeFinder fish survey catch summaries | fish survey. Release: not stated; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | observed | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Minnesota DNR/MPCA lake ice-in and ice-out archive | latest and history. Release: snapshot-2026-07-21; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-21. | application_derived, observed | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Water Quality Portal (MPCA/STORET) | identity and membership. Release: snapshot-2026-07-16; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-16. | application_derived, geographic, management, observed | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Minnesota DNR PWI, DNR Hydrography, and Lake Basin Morphology | identity context. Release: not stated; publication: 2026-07-09; retrieved: 2026-07-21. | geographic | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Outlines | map preview. Release: not stated; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | not stated | not stated |
| USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States 4.1 full inventory | context only. Release: 4.1; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-30. | application_derived, geographic | public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0, public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0 |
| U.S. Census TIGERweb Transportation snapshot | context only. Release: 2025-01-01; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-31. | application_derived, geographic | road_context.eligible_buffer_lattice@1.0.0, road_context.included_length_within_one_kilometer@1.0.0, road_context.nearest_included_road_distance@1.0.0, road_context.nearest_major_road_distance@1.0.0, road_context.road_density@1.0.0, road_context.united_states_source_coverage@1.0.0 |
| Minnesota DNR fish stocking reports | stocking. Release: not stated; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | management | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| Minnesota DNR Lake Level Minnesota / Lakes-DB | latest and history. Release: snapshot-2026-07-21; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-21. | observed | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
Provenance catalog: export_provenance.v1-ca646c5ba79e.json (SHA-256 ca646c5ba79eec8b835ffaae7a9c07b79ec2d768501961bb0393b3727489d5a2).