Comstock — Minnesota lake report

St. Louis County · DOW 69041200

Comstock in St. Louis County, Minnesota (DOW 69041200). Latest published water level: 1396.88 ft on 2026-07-08.

Report content last changed 2026-08-19.

Identity and lake map

Published coordinate marker: 47.220269, -92.223491.

geography — area acres: 426.77 acregeographic evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — basin role: main_basingeographic evidence · source: morphology · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — border status: within_minnesotageographic evidence · source: morphology · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — coordinates: {"latitude":47.220269,"longitude":-92.223491}geographic evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — lake type: Lake or Pondgeographic evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — littoral acres: No published value acregeographic evidence · source: morphology · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
geography — max depth ft: No published value footobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
geography — mean depth ft: No published value footobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
geography — shoreline miles: No published value milegeographic evidence · source: morphology · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
identity — county: St. Louisobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
identity — dow: 69041200observed evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
identity — name: Comstockobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim

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: 2024-04-25regulatory evidence · source: assessments
assessment — lake status: impairedpublication date: 2024-04-25regulatory evidence · source: assessments
ice — latest in: 2025-12-04observation date: 2025-12-04observed evidence · source: ice_phenology
ice — latest out: 2026-04-24observation date: 2026-04-24observed evidence · source: ice_phenology
water levels — latest date: 2026-07-08observation date: 2026-07-08observed evidence · source: water_levels
water levels — latest value: 1396.88 footobservation date: 2026-07-08observed evidence · source: water_levels
water quality — monitored clarity ft: No published value footobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
water quality — monitored clarity year: No published valueobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim

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 29observed evidence · source: water_levels
water levels — series id: 69041200:datum:b99559e92bobserved evidence · source: water_levels
water levels — station identity: No published valueobserved evidence · source: water_levels

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":"2021-11-28","latestIceOutDate":"2021-04-06","latestMatchedDurationDays":123,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":2020,"programId":"MNDNR-LLMMP","programLabel":"Minnesota DNR Lake Level Minnesota Monitoring Program"},{"latestIceInDate":"2025-12-04","latestIceOutDate":"2026-04-24","latestMatchedDurationDays":141,"latestMatchedSeasonStartYear":2025,"programId":"MNDNR-SCO","programLabel":"Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office"}]observed evidence · source: ice_phenology
ice — out trend days per decade: No published value days/decadeapplication_derived evidence · source: ice_phenology · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0

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: No published valueapplication_derived evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0

Fish survey and abundance

fisheries — latest lake survey date: No published valueobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
fisheries — species count: No published valueobserved evidence · source: lake_summary_slim
fisheries — survey count: 0observed evidence · source: lake_summary_slim

Stocking history

No applicable published fact.

Official AIS listing

This is regulatory listing status, not occurrence evidence.

ais — official status: Not listedregulatory evidence · source: lake_summary_slim

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 unknownmanagement evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
access — types: []management evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0
bathymetry — available: Nogeographic evidence · source: lake_summary_slim · lake_report.v1_projection@1.0.0

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 metergeographic evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0
public land — designation shoreline adjacent percent: 0 percentapplication_derived evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0
public land — easement nearest meters: No published value metergeographic evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0
public land — easement shoreline adjacent percent: 0 percentapplication_derived evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0
public land — management nearest meters: 419.82741907047824 metergeographic evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0
public land — management shoreline adjacent percent: 0 percentapplication_derived evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0
public land — other interest nearest meters: No published value metergeographic evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0
public land — other interest shoreline adjacent percent: 0 percentapplication_derived evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0
public land — ownership nearest meters: 419.8274254531109 metergeographic evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.nearest_boundary_distance@1.0.0
public land — ownership shoreline adjacent percent: 0 percentapplication_derived evidence · source: public_land_context · public_land.shoreline_adjacency@1.0.0
roads — density km per sq km: 1.2826 km/km2application_derived evidence · source: road_context · road_context.road_density@1.0.0
roads — eligible buffer area square meters: 11728000 square meterapplication_derived evidence · source: road_context · road_context.eligible_buffer_lattice@1.0.0
roads — included length meters: 15041.98 meterapplication_derived evidence · source: road_context · road_context.included_length_within_one_kilometer@1.0.0
roads — nearest included meters: 19 metergeographic evidence · source: road_context · road_context.nearest_included_road_distance@1.0.0
roads — nearest major meters: 17595.89 metergeographic evidence · source: road_context · road_context.nearest_major_road_distance@1.0.0
roads — united states coverage complete: Yesapplication_derived evidence · source: road_context · road_context.united_states_source_coverage@1.0.0

Public-Land Detail

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Road Detail

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Sources, dates, methods, and corrections

Sources used by this report
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/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 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).

Methods · Report a correction for DOW 69041200