Staring Lake
| Size | 166 acres |
| Volume | 1,220 acre-ft |
| Average depth | 7 ft |
| Max depth | 16 ft |
| Watershed size | 10,206 acres |
| Land draining directly into | 314 acres |
| MPCA lake classification | Shallow |
| Impairment listing | Mercury & Nutrients |
| Trophic status | Hypereutrophic |
| Common fish | Bluegill, Black Crappie, Black Bullhead |
| Invasive species | Curlyleaf Pondweed, Eurasion Watermilfoil, Common Carp, Brittle Naiad |
For more information about waterbody impairments, visit the Minnesota's Impaired Waters List webpage managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Water Quality
Chlorophyll-A Levels per Year
Phosphorus Levels per Year
Secchi Disk Depth per Year
Factsheet
RElated Documents
- Staring Lake Factsheet
- Staring Lake: EWM Early Detection & Rapid Response (2015)
- Development and implementation of a sustainable strategy to contorl common carp in the Purgatory Creek Chain of Lakes (2015)
- 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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