Riley Creek
| Length | 9.6 miles |
| Elevation Change | 230 ft |
| Watershed size | 10 sq miles |
| # of cities in watershed | 2 |
| # of lakes connected | 5 |
| # of monitoring sites | 5 |
| # of parks | Deep |
| Impairment | Turbidity |
| Common fish | Green Sunfish, Fathead Minnow, Bluntnose Minnow |
| Invasive species | Common Carp |
For more information about waterbody impairments, visit the Minnesota's Impaired Waters List webpage managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Factsheet
Related Projects
This project will improve the ecological functions along a section of Upper Riley Creek and downstream Lake Susan by reducing stream bank erosion, reconnecting the creek to its floodplain, restoring habitat, and promoting diverse vegetation.
This project will stabilize 970 feet of Riley Creek within the Bearpath Golf and Country Club.
The District with the City of Eden Prairie and the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District are working together to stabilize and enhance the creek.
RElated Documents
- Upper Riley Creek Corridor Enhancement Plan 2021
- Upper Riley Creek Stabilization Project EAW signed
- Middle Riley Creek Stabilization Project Plans
- Middle Riley Creek Stabilization Feasibility Report
- CRAS - Upper Riley Creek Sediment Source Assessment
- Riley Creek Factsheet
- Historical water quality and ecological change in Rice Marsh Lake (2014)
- Aquatic plant point-intercept surveys for Rice Marsh Lake (2014)
- Aquatic plant survey in Rice Marsh Lake (2017)
- Ranking System for Prioritizing the Implementation of Restoration Projects across Three Streams in Central Minnesota (2018)
- Lake Riley outlet improvements and Riley Creek lower valley stabilization feasibility study (2007)
- Curlyleaf pondweed in Lake Riley (2018)
- Rice Marsh Lake and Lake Riley Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Update (2016)
- Lake Lucy Plant Management Plan (2015)
- Development and Implementation of a sustainable strategy to control common carp in Riley Creek chain of lakes (2015)
- Lake Lucy and Lake Ann Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Update (2013)
- Stormwater pond project (2014)
- CWP Bulletin - Ranking System for Prioritizing Restoration Projects
- Lower Riley Restoration 2018 April 6 Boards For Community Meeting Location
- Lower Riley Restoration - 2018 April 6 Boards for Community Meeting - What Is Happening
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