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Special Waters List January 2004 Wq-Strm #1-05 Minnesota's Construction Stormwater Program Special Waters List January 2004 wq-strm #1-05 Disclaimer: This table is a combination of information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Department of Natural Resources. In some cases, it contains multiple entries for a single water body. The MPCA is attempting to provide information needed to comply with the construction storm water permit, but has not yet had a chance to thoroughly review the content of this table for accuracy and completeness. That review is currently under way, and the MPCA will replace this table with a more complete table at a later date. In the meantime, this table can assist permittees in identifying special waters, but you may also need to review Minn. R. 7050.0470 and Minn. R. 6262.0050 until the MPCA is able to post the updated list on this Web site. County Waterbody Designation Township Range Section Aitkin Loon (Townline) Lake Trout Lake 50 22W 7 Mississippi River Restricted Discharges From Lake Itasca to Southerly boundary of Morrison County Blue (181) Lake Trout Lakes Loon (Townline) Lake Trout Lake 50 23 12, 13 Taylor Lake Trout Lake 52 25 16 Libby Brook Trout Stream and Tributaries 50 23 5, 6 Libby Brook Trout Stream and Tributaries 50 24 1, 2 Long Lake Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 25 10, 15 Morrison Brook (Itasca) Trout Stream and Tributaries 52 26 4, 9, 10, 14, 15 Two Rivers Springs Trout Stream and Tributaries 51 23 19 Two Rivers Springs Trout Stream and Tributaries 51 24 24, 25, 26 Anoka Boot Lake Scientific & Natural Mississippi River Scenic/Rec River state aid highway 7 bridge in St. Cloud to NW Anoka city limits Rum River Scenic/Rec River Highway 27 bridge in Onamia to Madison and Rice streets in Anoka Cenaiko Lake (Unnamed) Trout Lake 31 24 26 Becker Dead Horse Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 138 38 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16 Elbow Lake Creek (Clearwater) Trout Stream and Tributaries 142 38 6 Straight Creek, Upper Trout Stream and Tributaries 140 36 6 Straight Creek, Upper Trout Stream and Tributaries 141 36 30, 31 Straight Creek, Upper Trout Stream and Tributaries 141 37 24, 25 Straight Lake Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 140 36 6 Straight Lake Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 140 37 1, 2 Straight River (Hubbard) Trout Stream and Tributaries 139 36 1 Straight River (Hubbard) Trout Stream and Tributaries 140 36 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36 Sucker Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 138 40 18 Sucker Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 138 41 13 wq-strm1-05 August 2003 Page 1 of 78 County Waterbody Designation Township Range Section Toad River Trout Stream and Tributaries 138 38 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 Toad River Trout Stream and Tributaries 139 38 30, 31 Toad River Trout Stream and Tributaries 139 39 25, 36 Toad River Trout Stream and Tributaries 138 39 25, 36 Green Water Lake Scientific & Natural Becker Hanson Lake Trout Lake 139 39 6 Beltrami Pennington Bog Scientific & Natural Mississippi River Restricted Discharges From Lake Itasca to Southerly boundary of Morrison County Benjamin Lake Trout Lake 148 30 7, 18 Benjamin Lake Trout Lake 148 31 13 Battle River, So. Br. Trout Stream and Tributaries 151 30 2, 3, 4, 11 Clearwater River Trout Stream and Tributaries 148 35 5, 6, 8, 17, 20, 29, 31, 32 Clearwater River Trout Stream and Tributaries 149 35 20, 29, 31, 32 Meadow Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 151 30 6 Meadow Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 151 31 1, 2 Mud River Trout Stream and Tributaries 150 33 21, 28 O'Brien Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 149 32 2 O'Brien Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 150 32 23, 24, 26, 35 Spring Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 149 30 4, 5, 9, 10 Spring Lake Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 148 35 34, 35 Benton Bunker Hill Brook Trout Stream and Tributaries 38 30 6 Bunker Hill Brook Trout Stream and Tributaries 38 31 1, 2, 10, 11 Rock Creek, Little (Morrison) Trout Stream and Tributaries 38 31 3, 4, 10, 15, 21, 22, 28 Big Stone Minnesota River Scenic/Rec River Lac qui Parle dam to state aid highway 11 Blue Earth Unnamed Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 108 28 1, 2 Unnamed Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 108 28 5 Unnamed Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 108 28 6 Brown Hindeman Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 111 32 19, 20 Hindeman Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 111 33 24 John's Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 110 32 1 John's Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 111 31 31 John's Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 111 32 36 Carlton Anderson Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 14, 15, 22, 26, 27 Anderson Creek (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 12, 13 Blackhoof River Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 29, 30 Blackhoof River Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 Blackhoof River Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 17 30, 31 wq-strm1-05 August 2003 Page 2 of 78 County Waterbody Designation Township Range Section Clear Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 29 Clear Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 15 7 Clear Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 1, 2, 3, 4, 12 Clear Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 33 Carlton Crystal Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 6 Crystal Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 17 1 Deer Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 19, 20, 28, 29, 30 Deer Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 11, 12, 13, 24 Elm Creek (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 1, 2 Fond du Lac Creek (Squaw) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 17 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Gill Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 2 Hasty Brook (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 19 18 Hasty Brook (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 20 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 23 Hay Creek (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 3, 4, 9, 10, 15 Hunter Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 18 2, 11, 12, 13 Hunter Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 18 34, 35 King Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 18 18, 19 King Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 19 1, 12, 13 Midway River (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22 Mission Creek (St. Louis) Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 25, 26, 36 Moosehorn River Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 18 3, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 23, 26, 34, 35 Mud Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 15 18 Mud Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 Nemadji Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 7, 8, 9, 18 Nemadji Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 18 13, 14, 15, 16, 22 Nemadji River, N. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 31, 32, 33 Nemadji River, N. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 18 24, 25, 36 Nemadji River, N. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 15 19, 30 Nemadji River, N. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 Nemadji River, N. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 35, 36 Nemadji River, S. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 16 4, 5, 6, 7 Nemadji River, S. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 1, 11, 12 Nemadji River, S. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 15 30 Nemadji River, S. Fork Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 25, 33, 34, 35, 36 Net River (Pine) Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 16 3, 4, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34 Net River (Pine) Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 34 Net River, Little Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 16 3, 10, 15, 22, 26, 27, 34 Otter Creek, Big Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 7 wq-strm1-05 August 2003 Page 3 of 78 County Waterbody Designation Township Range Section Otter Creek, Big Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 17 3, 10, 11, 12 Otter Creek, Big Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 17 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35 Otter Creek, Big Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 18 25, 26 Otter Creek, Little Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 17 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 Carlton Otter Creek, Little Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 18 11, 12, 13, 14 Red River Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 15 30 Red River Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 25, 26 Rock Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 7, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Rock Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 12 Scanlon Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 16 30 Scanlon Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 49 17 25 Section 36 Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 16 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 Section 36 Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 36 Silver Creek, Big Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 14, 23, 24, 25, 36 Silver Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 48 16 15, 16, 17, 21, 28 Skunk Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 4, 5, 6 Skunk Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 31, 33, 34, 35, 36 Skunk Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 18 36 Spring Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 3, 4, 5, 6 State Line Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 15 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, 31 State Line Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 16 12, 13, 24, 25, 36 State Line Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 15 30, 31 Stony Brook Trout Stream and Tributaries 46 17 10, 11, 15, 16, 21 Unnamed (Deer) Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 16 19, 29, 30 Unnamed (Deer) Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 13, 14, 24 Unnamed Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 28, 29, 33, 34, 35 Unnamed Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 47 17 31, 32, 33, 34 Corona Lake Trout Lake 48 19 11, 12 Carver Assumption Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 115 23 2 Assumption Creek Trout Stream and Tributaries 116 23 34, 35 Courthouse Lake Trout Lake 115 23 9 Cass Diamond Lake Trout Lake 141 30 26, 27, 34 Hazel Lake Trout Lake 141 29 25 Margaret
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