Lake water level report
Ripple - 01014600
Aitkin County
Water Level Data
Period of record: 04/06/1937 to 06/18/2025
# of readings: 1263
Highest recorded: 1230.51 ft (06/12/1943)
Lowest recorded: 1226.6 ft (09/12/2021)
Recorded range: 3.91 ft
Last reading: 1227.09 ft (06/18/2025)
Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation: 1227.5 ft
Datum: MSL 1912 (ft)
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Benchmarks
| Elevation: 1234.32 ft | Datum: MSL 1912 (ft) |
| Date Set: 03/03/1994 | Location: T46R26S19 |
| Description: Found 2006 for use only with prior permission of landowner. Vertical 3/8" x 8" spike, 0.9' above ground, in a prominent hump on the west side of a 1.6' basswood, 20' N-NW of the centerline of a boat access ramp, and 24' from waters edge, at a private access/old campground (likely private property, 30748 400th Ave, Aitkin) on the SW side of the lake. | |
| Elevation: 1234.46 ft | Datum: MSL 1912 (ft) |
| Date Set: 07/11/2006 | Location: T46R27S13 |
| Description: Top of the steel cable (lift ring) imbedded in downstream headwall of 10' x 10' left concrete box culvert, at the Oak Ave/Co Rd 39 [Co Rd 52] crossing over the outlet | |
| Elevation: 1230.87 ft | Datum: MSL 1912 (ft) |
| Date Set: 07/11/2006 | Location: T46R27S13 |
| Description: Top right end of left upstream abutment of dam. | |
| Elevation: 1234.3 ft | Datum: MSL 1912 (ft) |
| Date Set: 07/11/2006 | Location: T46R27S13 |
| Description: Centerline of low headwall at upstream end of 10' x 10' left box culvert under Oak Ave/Co. Rd 39. | |