Minnesota's Impaired Waters and TMDLs
Project: North Fork Crow River, Rice Lake: Excess Nutrients
Background
Rice Lake is a 1,651 acre lake within the lower region of the North Fork Crow River Watershed District (NFCRWD). The NFCRWD extends over an area of about 350 square miles and encompasses 48 miles of the North Fork Crow River. Land use in the watershed is primarily agricultural. The lake accepts drainage from Pope, Stearns, and Kandiyohi Counties.
Due to the lake being above the state standards for its ecoregion, it is designated as impaired and will be required to meet the state standard of a mean total phosphorus concentration of 0.040 mg/L, a Secchi depth of 1.4 meters, and a chlorophyll-a concentration of 14 ug/L. The goal of this study will be to allocate loads and establish activities which allow the lake reach this goal and be delisted.
Map and location
Rice Lake is located in the North Fork Crow River watershed, which is part of the Upper Mississippi River basin in central Minnesota.
More maps are available on the TMDL maps page.
TMDL report and implementation plan
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Final TMDL Report (wq-iw8-35e) - EPA Approval Letter (wq-iw8-35g) (May 7, 2012)
- Rice Lake TMDL Implementation Plan (wq-iw8-35c) (June 4, 2012)
Other documents
None.
Meetings and events
- There is a public meeting on the Rice Lake Nutrients TMDL Project on June 29, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Paynesville Center.
See the TMDL Meetings, Events and News page for notices of general interest and event-related information on impaired waters/TMDLs.
Links
Information contact
Maggie Leach
7678 College Road, Suite 105
Baxter, MN 56425
218-316-3895
margaret.leach@state.mn.us
Josh Reed
PO Box 40
Brooten, MN 56316
320-346-2869 ext. 2
nfcrwsd@tds.net