Indian — Minnesota lake report
Otter Tail County · DOW 56063900
Indian in Otter Tail County, Minnesota (DOW 56063900). Latest published water level: 1281.38 ft on 2001-07-17. Monitored Secchi clarity: 8.3 ft in 2021.
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Identity and lake map
- geography — area acres
- 156.86 acre
- geography — basin role
- main_basin
- geography — border status
- within_minnesota
- geography — coordinates
- {"latitude":46.229238,"longitude":-95.957138}
- geography — lake type
- Natural Environment
- geography — littoral acres
- No published value acre
- geography — max depth ft
- 37 foot
- geography — mean depth ft
- No published value foot
- geography — shoreline miles
- No published value mile
- identity — county
- Otter Tail
- identity — dow
- 56063900
- identity — name
- Indian
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
- unknownpublication date:
- ice — latest in
- 2007-11-26observation date:
- ice — latest out
- 2007-04-19observation date:
- water levels — latest date
- 2001-07-17observation date:
- water levels — latest value
- 1281.38 footobservation date:
- water quality — monitored clarity ft
- 8.3 foot
- water quality — monitored clarity year
- 2021
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
- 56063900: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":"2007-11-26","latestIceOutDate":"2007-04-19","latestMatchedDurationDays":140,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":2006,"programId":"MNPCA","programLabel":"Minnesota Pollution Control Agency"}]
- ice — out trend days per decade
- -1.15 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
- water quality — satellite clarity
- 3.39 meter
- water quality — satellite latest year
- 2025
Satellite modeled estimates
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Fish survey and abundance
- fisheries — abundance species evidence
- {"BLC":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.67,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"BLG":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":42.67,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"GSF":{"comparisonType":"presence","cpue":null,"cpueUnit":null,"status":"Present"},"HSF":{"comparisonType":"statewide_species_gear_percentile","cpue":7.83,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"LMB":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.67,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"NOP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":4,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Common"},"PMK":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":0.83,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Present"},"WAE":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":7.5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"WTS":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"},"YEP":{"comparisonType":"source_provided_quartile","cpue":76.5,"cpueUnit":"fish/set","status":"Abundant"}}
- fisheries — latest lake survey date
- 1972-07-31observation date:
- fisheries — selected abundance survey date
- 1972-07-31observation date:
- fisheries — species count
- 7
- fisheries — survey count
- 1
Fish Survey Detail
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Stocking history
- fisheries — stocking latest year
- 2006
- fisheries — stocking recent cutoff year
- 2017
- fisheries — stocking recent events by species
- {"Walleye":0}
- fisheries — stocking recent statement
- Recorded stocking history is present, but no events are published from 2017 through the source endpoint in 2006.generation date:
- fisheries — stocking source through year
- 2006
- fisheries — stocking total events
- 1
Stocking History
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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 — status
- Public access unknown
- access — types
- []
- bathymetry — available
- No
Public-land and road context
Ownership, management, easements, designations, and included mapped roads remain separate context facts.
- public land — designation nearest meters
- No published value meter
- public land — designation shoreline adjacent percent
- 0 percent
- public land — easement nearest meters
- 0 meter
- public land — easement shoreline adjacent percent
- 71.1 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
- 24.988457097843373 meter
- public land — ownership shoreline adjacent percent
- 0.8 percent
- roads — density km per sq km
- 0.9915 km/km2
- roads — eligible buffer area square meters
- 7574400 square meter
- roads — included length meters
- 7510.26 meter
- roads — nearest included meters
- 3.32 meter
- roads — nearest major meters
- 4237.59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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