Mitchell Lake
| Size | 124 acres |
| Volume | 729 acre-ft |
| Average depth | 5.3 ft |
| Max depth | 19 ft |
| Watershed size | 937 acres |
| Land draining directly into | 154 acres |
| MPCA lake classification | Shallow |
| Impairment listing | Mercury |
| Trophic status | Hypereutrophic |
| Common fish | Bluegill, Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed |
| Invasive species | Curlyleaf Pondweed, Eurasian Watermilfoil, Purple Loosestrife |
For more information about waterbody impairments, visit the Minnesota's Impaired Waters List webpage managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Water Quality
Phosphorus Levels per Year
Chlorophyll-A Levels per Year
Secchi Disk Depth per Year
Factsheet
RElated Documents
- Development and implementation of a sustainable strategy to contorl common carp in the Purgatory Creek Chain of Lakes (2015)
- Curlyleaf pondweed in Mitchell Lake (2018)
- Historical water quality and ecological change of three lakes in the RPBCWD (2011)
- Mitchell Lake Factsheet
- Aquatic Plant Community of Lakes Lucy, Mitchell, Susan, Riley and Staring within the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed: Final Report for 2015-2017
- Purgatory Creek Watershed Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Executive Summary (2017)
- Purgatory Creek Watershed Use Attainability Analysis (UAA; 2017)
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