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STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 105.391, Subd. 1, the Commissioner of Natural Resources hereby publishes the final inventory of Protected (i.e. Public) Waters and Wetlands for Nobles County. This list is to be used in conjunction with the Protected Waters and Wetlands Map prepared for Nobles County. Copies of the final map and list are available for inspection at the following state and county offices: DNR Regional Office, New Ulm DNR Area Office, Marshall Nobles SWCD Nobles County Auditor Dated: STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES JOSEPH N. ALEXANDER, Commissioner DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATERS FINAL DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED WATERS AND WETLANDS WITHIN NOBLES COUNTY, MINNESOTA. A. Listed below are the townships of Nobles County and the township/range numbers in which they occur. Township Name Township # Range # Bigelow 101 40 Bloom 104 41 Dewald 102 41 Elk 103 40 Graham Lakes 104 39 Grand Prairie 101 43 Hersey 103 39 Indian Lake 101 39 Larkin 103 42 Leota 104 43 Lismore 103 43 Little Rock 101 42 Lorain 102 39 Olney 102 42 Ransom 101 41 Seward 104 40 Summit Lake 103 41 Westside 102 43 Wilmont 104 42 Worthington 102 40 B. PROTECTED WATERS 1. The following are protected waters: Number and Name Section Township Range 53-7 : Indian Lake 27,34 101 39 53-9 : Maroney(Woolsten- 32 102 39 croft) Slough 53-16 : Kinbrae Lake (Clear) 11 104 39 Page 1 Number and Name Section Township Range 53-18 : Kinbrae Slough 11,14 104 39 53-19 : Jack Lake 14,15 104 39 53-20 : East Graham Lake 14,22,23,26,27 104 39 53-21 : West Graham Lake 15,16,21,22 104 39 53-22 : Fury Marsh 22 104 39 53-24 : Ocheda Lake various 101;102 39;40 53-26 : Peterson Slough 21,22 101 40 53-27 : Wachter Marsh 23 101 40 53-28 : Okabena Lake 22,23,26,27,28 102 40 53-31 : Sieverding Marsh 2 104 40 53-32 : Bigelow Slough NE 36 101 41 53-33 : Boote-Herlein Marsh 6,7;1,12 102 40;41 53-37 : Groth Marsh NW 2 103 41 53-45 : Bella Lake 26,27,34 101 40 *32-84 : Iowa Lake 31;36 101 38;39 *51-48 : Willow Lake 5;33 104;105 41 2. The following natural and altered natural watercourses are protected waters: From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Norwegian Creek (NC) 7 101 42 30 101 43 Unnamed to NC 24 101 43 21 101 43 Unnamed to Unnamed SE 13 101 43 22 101 43 Unnamed to NC 10 101 43 20 101 43 Unnamed tributary 4 101 43 30 101 43 Unnamed tributary 1 101 43 7 101 43 Kanaranzi Creek (KC) 34 104 42 6 101 43 Unnamed to KC 30 102 42 31 102 43 Unnamed to KC 19 102 42 13 102 43 East Branch Kanaranzi 5 102 41 5 102 42 Creek (EBKC) Unnamed to EBKC 22 102 42 9 102 42 Unnamed to EBKC 17 102 41 5 102 41 (Interstate 90) Unnamed tributary 7 103 41 32 103 41 Unnamed to EBKC 24 103 42 36 103 42 Unnamed to KC NE 35 103 42 5 102 42 Unnamed to KC 26 103 42 32 103 42 Page 2 From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Unnamed to KC 2 103 42 20 103 42 Unnamed to Unnamed 11 103 42 21 103 42 Unnamed to KC 4 103 42 17 103 42 Unnamed to KC 28 104 42 5 103 42 Unnamed to KC 25 104 43 7 103 42 Unnamed to Unnamed 29 104 42 6 103 42 Unnamed to KC 14 102 43 15 102 43 Elk Creek (EC) 11 103 43 31 103 43 Unnamed to EC 9 102 43 18 102 43 Unnamed to EC 3 102 43 6 102 43 Unnamed to EC 21 103 43 31 103 43 Champepadan Creek (CC) 2 104 43 7 103 43 Unnamed to CC SW 27 104 43 22 104 43 Unnamed to CC 18 104 42 14 104 43 Unnamed to CC 4 104 42 14 104 43 Unnamed to CC NW 1 104 43 2 104 43 Unnamed to Unnamed 6 104 42 1 104 43 Unnamed to CC 3 104 43 14 104 43 Unnamed to Rock River SE 8 104 43 18 104 43 (RR) Unnamed to RR 4 104 43 7 104 43 Unnamed to Tom Creek 32 101 42 32 101 42 Little Rock River (LRR) 23 102 41 35 101 42 Unnamed to LRR 14 101 41 9 101 41 Unnamed to J.D. #1 5 101 40 6 101 40 Unnamed to J.D. #1 19 102 40 34 102 41 Unnamed to LRR 29 102 41 4 101 41 Little Rock Creek (LRC) SE 13 102 42 26 101 42 Unnamed to LRC 12 101 42 23 101 42 Unnamed to LRC 32 102 41 3 101 42 Unnamed to Unnamed 24 102 42 2 101 42 Unnamed to LRC 4 101 42 10 101 42 Unnamed to LRC 9 101 42 15 101 42 Unnamed to LRC 20 101 42 26 101 42 Unnamed tributary 33 101 41 32 101 41 Unnamed tributary NW 22 101 41 36 101 42 Ocheyedan River 32(Basin 102 39 34 101 40 9) Unnamed to Bella Lake 36 101 40 26(Basin 101 40 45) Page 3 From To Name Section Township Range Section Township Range Unnamed tributary 19(State 101 40 34 101 40 Hwy. 60) Unnamed to Ocheda Lake 19 101 40 16(Basin 101 40 24) Unnamed to Ocheda Lake 28 102 40 10(Basin 101 40 24) Indian Lake Outlet 34(Basin 101 39 35 101 39 7) Unnamed to Indian Lake 29 101 39 27(Basin 101 39 7) Unnamed to Unnamed 21 101 39 28 101 39 Unnamed to Okabena Lake 17 102 40 28(Basin 102 40 28) Okabena Creek (OC) 5 102 40 15 102 40 8(Hwy. 102 39 12 102 39 60) Unnamed to OC 5 102 39 10 102 39 Elk Creek (EkC) 36 103 40 36 103 39 Unnamed to EkC 18 103 40 28 103 39 Unnamed to Unnamed 17 103 40 3 103 40 Unnamed to Unnamed 14 103 40 7 103 39 Unnamed to Unnamed 14 103 40 17 103 39 Unnamed to Unnamed 30 103 39 20 103 39 Jack Creek (JC) 25 104 42 36 104 39 Unnamed to JC 4 103 39 4 103 39 Unnamed to JC 6 103 40 25 104 40 Unnamed to JC 14 104 42 30 104 41 Unnamed to JC 25 104 41 29 104 40 Unnamed to JC 18 104 40 22 104 40 North Branch Jack Creek 15 104 42 3 104 41 (NBJC) 3 104 40 19 104 39 Unnamed to NBJC 16 104 41 10 104 41 Unnamed to NBJC 16 104 40 3 104 40 Unnamed tributary 1 104 40 25 104 39 Page 4 C. WETLANDS The following are wetlands: Number and Name Section Township Range 53-1 : Indian Lake Slough 34,35 101 39 53-3 : Unnamed 5 101 39 53-10: Unnamed 33 102 39 53-23: Unnamed 27 104 39 53-30: Tripp Slough 34 102 40 53-32: Bigelow Slough 31 101 40 53-46: Unnamed 1 104 40 53-47: Unnamed 8,17 104 39 53-48: Unnamed 17 104 41 53-49: Unnamed NE 23 104 42 53-52: Unnamed 8 104 41 53-59: Penning Marsh 6;31 103;104 41 *This is corrected from a previous typographic and/or cartographic error. Page 5 .
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