Explorer — Minnesota lake report
Lake County · DOW 38039900
Explorer in Lake County, Minnesota (DOW 38039900). Monitored Secchi clarity: 19.7 ft in 2024. Latest published lake survey: 2024-07-30.
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Identity and lake map
- geography — area acres
- 52.07 acre
- geography — basin role
- main_basin
- geography — border status
- within_minnesota
- geography — coordinates
- {"latitude":48.049607,"longitude":-91.286184}
- geography — lake type
- Natural Environment
- geography — littoral acres
- No published value acre
- geography — max depth ft
- 75 foot
- geography — mean depth ft
- No published value foot
- geography — shoreline miles
- No published value mile
- identity — county
- Lake
- identity — dow
- 38039900
- identity — name
- Explorer
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
- assessed_not_impairedpublication date:
- water quality — monitored clarity ft
- 19.7 foot
- water quality — monitored clarity year
- 2024
Water-quality assessment detail
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Water level
The selected observation names its datum and series; incompatible datums are never combined.
No applicable published fact.
Ice-in and ice-out
Ice-in, ice-out, incomplete seasons, programs, and qualifying trends remain separate.
No applicable published fact.
Water clarity and observed water quality
Observed monitoring and modeled satellite estimates are separate evidence surfaces.
- water quality — clarity trend
- insufficient
- water quality — observed latest secchi ft
- No published value foot
- water quality — observed latest year
- 2025
- water quality — observed sampling through
- 2025-08-19observation date:
- water quality — satellite clarity
- 6.14 meter
- water quality — satellite latest year
- 2025
Observed measurements
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Satellite modeled estimates
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Fish survey and abundance
- fisheries — abundance species evidence
- {"WTS":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":1.67,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"YEP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":2,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"}}
- fisheries — latest lake survey date
- 2024-07-30observation date:
- fisheries — selected abundance survey date
- 1972-07-01observation date:
- fisheries — species count
- No published value
- fisheries — survey count
- 2
Fish Survey Detail
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Stocking history
No applicable published fact.
Official AIS listing
This is regulatory listing status, not occurrence evidence.
- ais — official status
- Not listed
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
- 1
- access — status
- Public access documented
- access — types
- ["O"]
- bathymetry — available
- No
Access Detail
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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
- 100 percent
- public land — easement nearest meters
- No published value meter
- public land — easement shoreline adjacent percent
- 0 percent
- public land — management nearest meters
- 1322.3920969527617 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
- 64 percent
- roads — density km per sq km
- 0 km/km2
- roads — eligible buffer area square meters
- 5033600 square meter
- roads — included length meters
- 0 meter
- roads — nearest included meters
- No published value meter
- roads — nearest major meters
- 38029.15 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, regulatory | 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 |
| Water Quality Portal (MPCA/STORET) | monitored clarity and observed quality. Release: snapshot-2026-07-16; publication: not stated; retrieved: 2026-07-16. | observed | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
| University of Minnesota LakeBrowser | satellite quality. Release: 2m0i; publication: not stated; retrieved: not stated. | modeled | lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0 |
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