Lake Levels and Slow-No-Wake Restrictions
Chisago County Water Monitoring Video
Join Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District and county Water Resources staff for a day of lake monitoring in the Chisago Lakes Chain of Lakes watershed.
Visit the Lower St. Croix Partners website where Susanna, Water Resources Manager with Chisago County, demonstrates how to record lake level readings and check zebra mussel monitoring plates. County Watercraft Inspectors show how they work with boaters to inspect and decontaminate watercraft and prevent aquatic invasive species from coming into area lakes.
To view the Chisago County Water Monitoring video, visit Lower St. Croix Watershed Partnership - Virtual Project Tour website or Day of Lake Monitoring with Chisago County (YouTube).
Lake Levels
Lake levels fluctuate, primarily in response to changes in precipitation (rain and snow). Fluctuations of lake levels are important to document. Chisago County staff and volunteers regularly monitor lake levels in the Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District and Chisago countywide.
Lakes that exceed the Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) are subject to the Chisago County Slow No-Wake Ordinance Restrictions (PDF), which temporarily restricts boat speeds within 300 feet of shore during high water conditions. There is also permanent low boat speeds in many channels connecting lakes under the Slow No-Wake Ordinance (PDF).
OHW is an elevation delineating the highest water level that has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape, commonly the point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. Please visit the MN Department of Natural Resources website for more information regarding OHW.
Please visit the MN Department of Natural Resources website for more information regarding fluctuating lake levels.
- Slow-No-Wake Restrictions
- Lake Levels - Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District
- Weir Updates - Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District
- Lake Levels - Northern Chisago County Lakes
Slow-No-Wake Ordinance Restrictions (temporarily restricts boat speeds within 300 feet of shore during high water conditions)
LAKE | NOTES | |
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Comfort | May 10 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Fish | June 2 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Horseshoe | June 2 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Little | June 1 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Rush | June 5 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
School | June 1 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Wallmark | June 1 | Slow-No-Wake restrictions in effect. |
Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District - Lake Levels Archive
Most Recent Lake Level Sheet | All Lake Level Archives
Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District
Historical Lake Levels
- 2021 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Monitoring Program (PDF)
- Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Monitoring Map (PDF)
- 1973 Water Level Study of Chisago Lakes Chain (PDF)
- 1977 TKDA Chisago Lakes Chain Lake Level Control Study (PDF)
- 2010 Lake to Groundwater Interaction Study (PDF)
- April 6, 2009 thru November 23, 2009 (PDF)
- April 14, 2010 thru November 24, 2010 (PDF)
- North and South Center Historical Lake Levels (PDF)
- South Center Lake Chronology (PDF)
- South Lindstrom Historical Lake Levels (PDF)
Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District
Graphs & Summaries
- 2009 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2010 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2010 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2011 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2011 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2012 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2012 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2013 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2013 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2014 Lake Levels Graphs (PDF)
- 2014 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2015 Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2015 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2016 Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2016 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2017 Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2017 Lake Levels Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2018 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2018 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2019 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2019 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Monitoring Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2020 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2020 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Monitoring Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2021 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Graphs (PDF)
- 2021 Chisago Lakes LID - Lake Level Monitoring Year End Summary (PDF)
LID Weir Updates as of 4-21-2022
Paradise Park Weir: water is not flowing over the top of the weir (water flows from Chisago, North and South Lindstrom Lakes into Wallmark Lake)
Lofton Avenue Weir: the control gates were closed on June 11, 2020 (the weir is an outlet for Chisago, North/South Lindstrom Lakes into Green/Little Green Lakes).
Lake Ellen Weir: the control gate was opened on April 21, 2022 (the weir is an outlet for Green, Little Green and Lake Ellen Lakes into Swamp Lake).
Northern Chisago County - Lake Levels Archive
- Fish - Goose - Horseshoe - Rush Lake Levels October 20, 2022 (PDF)
- Fish - Goose - Horseshoe - Rush Lake Levels October 21, 2021 (PDF)
- Rush - Goose - Fish Lake Levels October 22, 2020 (PDF)
- Rush - Goose - Fish Lake Levels 2019 (PDF)
- Rush and Goose Lake Levels 2018 (PDF)
- Rush and Goose Lake Levels 2017 (PDF)
Northern Chisago County Lake Levels
Graphs & Summaries
- 2022 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Program and Slow-No-Wake Ordinance (PDF))
- 2022 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2022 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Graphs (PDF)
- 2021 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Program and Slow-No-Wake Ordinance (PDF)
- 2021 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Year End Summary (PDF)
- 2021 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Graphs (PDF)
- 2020 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Program and Slow-No-Wake Ordinance (PDF)
- 2020 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Graphs (PDF)
- 2019 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Program (PDF)
- 2018 Chisago County - Lake Level Monitoring Program (PDF)
Contact Us
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Ben Elfelt
Lake Improvement District Administrator
Email Ben ElfeltSusanna Wilson Witkowski
Water Resource Manager
Email Susanna Wilson WitkowskiChisago County
313 N Main St
Room 243
Center City, MN 55012Phone: 651-213-8370