Lake water level report
Big Spunk - 73011700
Stearns County
Water Level Data
Period of record: 08/14/1957 to 04/22/2025
# of readings: 564
Highest recorded: 1119.71 ft (06/26/2014)
Highest known: 1120.5 ft
Lowest recorded: 1117.26 ft (10/23/2012)
Recorded range: 2.45 ft
Last reading: 1118.36 ft (04/22/2025)
Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation: 1118.7 ft
Datum: NGVD 29 (ft)
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Benchmarks
| Elevation: 1118.59 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 08/14/1957 | Location: T125R30S29 |
| Description: Top of Center pier of outlet dam. (about 0.5 feet above runout.) | |
| Elevation: 1120.13 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 01/01/1968 | Location: T125R30S29 |
| Description: Found 2025. Brass disk in top left upstream (West) abutment at outlet dam. [Note: Elevation = 1120.70 (NAVD 88); 1120.15 (NGVD 1929) as listed on MNDOT "7380 AE" sheet.] | |
| Elevation: 1126.16 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 07/30/1981 | Location: T125R30S32 |
| Description: 60d spk in notched SE root of twin 1.3' oak, approx 135' lakeward along centerline of public access road from its principal intersection with Twp Rd & 28' right of centerline of public access road, NW corner of lake. | |