Public Waters Name Changes

Public Waters and Public Waters Wetlands Name Changes

Some public waters and public waters wetlands contained in the original Public Waters Inventory lists have had their names legislatively or legally changed. The changes are listed below by county.

PWI Type:
P = Public Waters
W = Public Waters Wetlands

County	Basin ID#	PWI Type	PWI Name	Minnesota DNR Commissioner Approved Name Changes	Other Names*
Aitkin	1-3	P	Dutch		Sandabacka
Aitkin	1-4	P	Sandabacka		Dutch
Aitkin	1-132	P	Hansen Lake		Hanson Lake
Aitkin		P	Unnamed to Unnamed	Musselshell Creek
Anoka	2-122	P	Burns Lake	Burns Lake
Becker	3-82	P	Squaw Lake	Wahbegon Lake
Becker	3-105	P	Collett Lake	Collet Lake
Becker	3-219	P	Squaw Lake	Equay Lake
Becker	3-287	P	Pickeral Lake		Pickerel Lake
Becker	3-357	P	Monson Lake		Munson Lake
Becker	3-550	P	Seabold Lake	Boe Lake
Becker	3-551	P	Boe Lake	Unnamed Lake
Becker	3-552	P	Unnamed Lake	Seebold Lake
Becker	3-638	P	Beseau Lake	Bijou Lake
Beltrami	4-161	P	Bailey Lake	Des Moines Lake
Beltrami	4-163	W	Des Moines Lake		Unnamed
Beltrami		P	Squaw Creek	Arntson Creek
Big Stone	6-135	P	South Rockwell Lake	South Rothwell Lake
Big Stone	6-147	P	North Rockwell Lake	North Rothwell Lake
Brown	8-54	P	Altematt Lake		Altermatt Lake
Carlton		P	Moose River	Moose Horn River
Carlton		P	Squaw Creek	Fond du Lac Creek
Carlton		P	West Branch Moose Horn River	West Fork Moose Horn River
Carver	10-216	W	Unnamed	McKnight Lake
Carver	10-217	W	Unnamed	Lake Jonathan
Carver	10-225	W	Unnamed	Brickyard Clayhole
Carver	10-226	P	Firemen's Lake	Firemens Clayhole
Cass	11-203	P	Squaw Point - Leech Lake	Oak Point - Leech Lake
Cass	11-265	P	Squaw Lake	Little Woman Lake
Cass	11-282	P	Mann Lake	Man Lake
Cass	11-305	P	Squaw Point - Gull Lake	Gull Point - Gull Lake
Cass	11-361	P	Sanburn Lake	Sanborn Lake
Cass	11-381	P	Paquet Lake	Poquet Lake
Cass	11-469	P	Anoway Lake	Anway Lake
Cass	11-729	W	Squaw Pond	Scout Camp Pond
Clearwater	15-5	P	Squaw Lake	Ozawindib Lake
Cook	16-212	P	Flag Lake	Flag Lake
Cook	16-24	P	Squaw Lake	Olga Lake
Cook	16-175	P	Lower Trout Lake		Bower Trout Lake
Cook	16-417	P	Trucker Lake		Tucker Lake
Cook	16-539	P	Unnamed	Jester Lake
Cook	16-626	P	Jap Lake	Paulson Lake
Crow Wing	18-7	W	Unnamed	Kutil Lake
Crow Wing			Unnamed	Chickadee Creek
Crow Wing	18-76	P	Long Lake	Placid Lake
Crow Wing	18-78	W	Whang Lake	Vang Lake
Crow Wing	18-79	W	Long Lake	Peterson Lake
Crow Wing	18-80	P	Goose Lake	Arbor Lake
Crow Wing	18-94	P	Mud Lake	Lake Cuyuna
Crow Wing	18-153	W	Unnamed	Mine Lake
Crow Wing	18-184	P	Roger Lake		Rogers
Crow Wing	18-207	P	Square Lake	Little Emily Lake
Crow Wing	18-426	W	Bergland Lake	Berglund Lake
Dakota	19-47	P	Hornbean Lake	Hornbeam Lake
Douglas	21-34	P	Unnamed	Mill Pond
Douglas	21-42	P	Chicks (Childs)		Childs
Douglas	21-103	P	Lake Cowdry	Lake Cowdrey
Douglas	21-111	P	Cook (Cork)		Cork
Douglas	21-125	P	Kiehne Lake	Private Lake
Douglas	21-191	W	Unnamed	Martin Lake
Douglas	21-225	P	Mud (Long) Lake	Golden Pond
Douglas	21-306	P	Unnamed	Holl Lake
Freeborn	24-025	P	Pickeral		Pickerel
Goodhue	25-13	W	Devil's Lake	Devils Lake
Hennepin	27-31	P	Lake Calhoun	Bde Maka Ska
Hennepin	27-99	W	Mud Lake	Lake Camelot
Hennepin	27-108	P	Snyder Lake	Kreatz Lake
Hennepin	27-110	P	Lake Wobegon		Cavanaugh
Hennepin	27-121	P	Schmidt Lake	Edward Lake
Hennepin	27-189	P	Tom Lake	Lake Irene
Hennepin	27-467	W	Kreatz Lake	Unnamed Wetland
Hennepin	27-468	W	Unnamed Wetland	Snyder Lake
Hubbard	29-195	W	Deer		Deep
Itasca	31-174	W	Herrigan		Harrigan
Itasca	31-175	P	Button Bow		Buttonbox
Itasca	31-177	P	Little Island		Trible
Itasca	31-179	P	Trible		Little Island
Itasca	31-639	P	Balloon Lake	Hooligan Lake
Itasca	31-711	P	Unnamed	Lang Lake
Itasca	31-640	P	Barney Lake	Balloon Lake
Itasca	31-802	P	Lac A Roy Lake	Lac a Roy Lake
Itasca	31-812	P	Big Club Lake		Ball Club Lake
Itasca	31-837	P	Norma Lake		Noma Lake
Itasca	31-877	P	Squaw Lake	Natures Lake
Itasca	31-1101	P	Unnamed Lake	Boiler Lake
Kandiyohi	34-158	P	Mud Lake (Monongalia)	Lake Monongalia
Kandiyohi	34-169	P	Wagonga Lake	Lake Wakanda
Kandiyohi	34-421	W	Unnamed	Dia Linn Lake
Koochiching/St. Louis		P	Squaw Creek	Bois Forte Creek
Koochiching	36-19	P	Tuefer Lake		Teufer Lake
Lake	38-57	P	Hogback Lake	Canal Lake (38-0057-02) - south arm
Lake	38-57	P	Hogback Lake	Hogback Lake (38-0057-01) - north arm
Lake	38-440	P	Redskin Lake	Memegwesi Lake
Lake	38-584	P	Pictro Lake		Pietro Lake
Lake	38-668	P	Swallow (Deep) Lake	Deep Lake
Lake	38-811	P	Squaw Bay - Fall Lake	Mist Bay - Fall Lake
Lake		P	Squaw Creek	Fall Creek
Lake		P	Unnamed to Split Rock River	Strand Creek
LeSueur	40-57	P	Lake Frances		Lake Francis
LeSueur/Scott		P	Unnamed to Raven Creek	Philipps Creek
Martin	46-14	P	Wilmert Lake	Willmert Lake
Martin	46-23	P	Bardwell Lake	Mud Lake
Meeker	47-17	P	Long Lake	Collins Lake
Meeker	47-37	P	Mud Lake	Boo Lake
Meeker	47-53	P	Benton Lake		Hurley Lake
Meeker	47-54	P	Hurley Lake		Benton Lake
Meeker	47-69	P	North Buckley (Rush) Lake	North Buckley Lake
Meeker	47-70	P	South Buckley (Smiley) Lake	South Buckley Lake
Morrison	49-73	P	Mott Lake		Alott Lake
Morrison		P	Arramba Creek	Mischke Creek
Murray	51-79	P	Iran Lake		Iron Lake
Olmsted		P	Unnamed	Minnow Brook
Otter Tail	56-247	P	Fischer (Carroll) Lake	Fischer Lake
Otter Tail	56-381	P	Mud (Amor) Lake	Amor Lake (56-0381-01) - east arm
Otter Tail	56-381	P	Mud (Amor) Lake	Mud Lake (56-0381-02) - west arm
Otter Tail	56-386 (3)	P	Big McDonald #2	McDonald Lake (56-0386-03)
Otter Tail	56-513	P	Ottos (Lewis) Lake	Ottos Lake
Otter Tail	56-532	P	Leek (Trowbridge) Lake	Leek Lake (56-0532-02) - west arm
Otter Tail	56-532	P	Leek (Trowbridge) Lake	Trowbridge Lake (56-0532-01) - east arm
Pine		P	Unnamed	Rock Dam Creek
Polk	60-288	P	Unnamed	Schulstad Lake
Polk	60-329	P	Wahl	Bakken
Pope	61-114	W	Unnamed	Fosse Lake
St. Louis	69-35	P	Murphy Lake	Tommila Lake
St. Louis	69-44	P	Long Lake	Butterball Lake
St. Louis	69-47	P	Mud Lake	Black Mallard Lake
St. Louis	69-49	P	Unnamed	Little Butterball Lake
St. Louis	69-97	P	Old Squaw Lake	Nightingale Lake
St. Louis	69-166	P	Sparrow Lake		Purvis Lake
St. Louis	69-254	P	Bearhead Lake		Bear Head Lake
St. Louis	69-378	P	Unnamed Island - Vermilion Lake	Holmbo Island - Vermilion Lake
St. Louis	69-498	P	Squaw Island - Trout Lake	Equay Island - Trout Lake
St. Louis	69-630	W	Mud Lake	Golden Pond
St. Louis	69-693	P	Lone Squaw Island - Namakan Lake	Nokomis Island - Namakan Lake
St. Louis	69-693	P	Squaw Narrows - Namakan Lake	Voyageur Narrows - Namakan Lake
St. Louis	69-738	P	Long Lake	Mulden Lake
St. Louis	69-797	P	Mud Lake	Watercress Lake
St. Louis/Koochiching		P	Squaw Creek	Bois Forte Creek
St. Louis		P	Unnamed to Dark River	Watercress Creek
St. Louis		P	Unnamed to South Branch Whiteface River	Kim's Creek
St. Louis		P	Long Lake Creek	Butterball Creek
Scott	70-153	W	Unnamed		Jeffers Pond
Scott	70-260	W	Unnamed	Featherstone Lake
Scott/LeSueur		P	Unnamed to Raven Creek	Philipps Creek
Sherburne	71-31	W	Unnamed	Prairie Hill Lake
Sherburne	71-34	W	Unnamed	Lake Margritte
Sibley	72-18	P	Mud Lake	Erin Lake
Stearns	73-31	P	Bakers (Watab) Lake	Bakers Lake
Stearns	73-88	P	Bolting Lake	Bolfing Lake
Steele		P	Unnamed to Unnamed	Izaak Walton Creek
Wabasha	79-10	P	Richard Doer Pools		Richard Dorer Pools
Wabasha		P	Unnamed	Zell Creek
Washington	82-80	P	Halfbreed Lake	Lake Keewahtin
Washington	82-83	P	Unnamed Lake	Lake Robert
Washington	82-116	W	Unnamed	Armstrong Lake
Washington	82-391	W	Unnamed Lake	Veronica Pond
Washington	82-419	W	Unnamed Lake	Margaret Lake
Washington		P	Unnamed to Eagle Point Lake	Raleigh Creek
Washington		P	Unnamed stream, sections 21, 22, 27 & 28, T. 29, R. 21	Farney Creek
Washington		P	Unnamed stream, sections 21, 28, T. 29, R. 21	North Farney Creek
Wright	86-26	P	Mud Lake	Hunters Lake
Wright	86-27	W	Potanski Lake	Spotanski Lake
Wright	86-185	W	Mud Lake	Mallard Pass Lake
Wright	86-279	P	Twin Lake	West Lake Sylvia
Wright	86-289	P	Sylvia Lake	East Lake Sylvia

* Substantial evidence exists that these names are correct because of application errors, misspellings, or other reasons.

August 11, 2022