Upper South Long - 18009600
Crow Wing County

Water Level Data

Period of record: 05/11/1955 to 10/31/2023
# of readings: 1640
Highest recorded: 1196.98 ft (06/18/2001)
Lowest recorded: 1192.85 ft (12/07/1976)
Recorded range: 4.13 ft
Last reading: 1194 ft (10/31/2023)
Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation: 1195.5 ft
Datum: NGVD 29 (ft)

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Benchmarks

Elevation: 1196.47 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 02/19/2008Location: T44R29S18
Description: For use only with prior permission of owner. Found in-place 60d spike, 0.8' above ground, 3" sticking out of North side of a 0.7' ash, with ribbon, near the E-SE side of fill area, at private residence, 9671 Leisure Ln, Brainerd.
Elevation: 1197.62 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 06/19/1979Location: T44R29S18
Description: Conservation Department brass disk in Right end Left abutment of outlet dam of Upper South Long (18-0096) outlet dam.
Elevation: 1201.1 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 02/19/2008Location: T44R29S18
Description: Top end of the upper of 2 bolts on the left (NE) side of the NE-most steel guardrail post on the upstream side of the Co. Rd. 23 bridge over the outlet. (End of bolt is painted black and there is pink ribbon on it.) Elevation = 1201.10.
Elevation: 1199.09 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 05/17/2022Location: T44R29S18
Description: For use only with prior permission of landowner. Centerline on lakeside of bottom step at south side of boathouse, at private residence, 9905 Leisure Ln, Brainerd.
Elevation: 1197.21 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 04/18/2017Location: T44R29S5
Description: Found 2018 for use only with prior permission from owner. 60d spike in lakeside of 1.6' oak, 45' from water's edge on the right side of dock, at private residence, 11502 Silver Bay Rd SE, Brainerd. [Note: Add 0.72 to NGVD 1929 elevations to equate to NAVD 1988 datum per 2/12/20 GPS Survey.]
Elevation: 1200.59 ftDatum: NGVD 29 (ft)
Date Set: 05/29/2018Location: T44R29S8
Description: Found 2022 for use only with prior permission from landowner. Spike/pin in 1.0' oak, 30' from lake bank, on right side of path to dock, at private residence, 9999 Leisure Ln, Brainerd. [Note: Add 0.72 to NGVD 1929 elevations to equate to NAVD 1988 datum per 2/12/20 GPS Survey.]

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