Meeker County

The lakes of Meeker County

154 lakes · 22,702 acres · 33 with measured depth · 30 with a public access · 22 stocked

Meeker County has 154 lakes of 10 acres or more in Minnesota DNR hydrography, 107 of them named, covering 22,702 acres of water. The largest is Lake Washington at 2,438 acres; the deepest measured is Lake Stella at 75 ft. Minnesota DNR has a measured maximum depth for 33 lakes here. The Census counts 37 square miles of water in the county, 6% of its area.

Lake outlines and acres: Minnesota DNR hydrography (lakes, ponds and reservoirs of 10 acres or more, each counted once: a lake mapped in bays as the whole lake, a border water by its Minnesota side; 3 lakes the DNR files under no county are placed here by the Census county line). Depths: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder and lake survey contours, fetched 26 Oct 2026. County line and water area: U.S. Census TIGER. Lake data: Minnesota DNR (General Data and Software License). Not for navigation.

Largest lakes

56 lakes in Meeker County cover 100 acres or more. The 12 largest are listed here; the full register of 107 named lakes follows.

Acres: Minnesota DNR hydrography. Nearest town: U.S. Census 2024 Gazetteer. Deepest: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder (the survey's maximum depth, else the deepest survey contour). Clarity: average measured Secchi depth, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and volunteer readings via LakeFinder. Accesses: Minnesota DNR public water access sites. Stocking: Minnesota DNR stocking reports, by year. Fetched 26 Oct 2026.

Lakes that share a name

5 names belong to more than one lake in Meeker County, 15 lakes in all. The most repeated is Mud Lake, with 6. Each lake is listed with its nearest town, the way people search for them.

Names: USGS GNIS and Minnesota DNR hydrography. Acres: Minnesota DNR hydrography; depth: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, fetched 26 Oct 2026. Nearest town: U.S. Census 2024 Gazetteer.

Deepest lakes

2 lakes in Meeker County are 50 ft deep or more by Minnesota DNR survey. Lake Stella is the deepest at 75 ft, then Manuella Lake (51 ft), Lake Minnie-Belle (49 ft) and Richardson Lake (47 ft). The other 74 named lakes have no measured depth on record.

Minnesota DNR LakeFinder maximum depths and lake survey contours, fetched 26 Oct 2026.

Clearest water

Clarity is the depth at which a black-and-white Secchi disk disappears from view. 27 lakes in Meeker County have measured readings, 113 in all; the middle lake averages 4 ft. The clearest is Lake Minnie-Belle at about 12 ft, then Long Lake near Dassel (9 ft), Lake Jennie (7 ft) and Lake Francis (7 ft). The least clear is Thompson Lake at about 2 ft. Clarity is not a test for bacteria or algae toxins.

Average of measured Secchi readings, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and volunteers, via Minnesota DNR LakeFinder, fetched 26 Oct 2026.

Public water access

Minnesota DNR lists 35 public water access sites on 30 lakes in Meeker County; 34 take a boat trailer. The other 77 named lakes have no public access site in the DNR record, so their shores may be private.

Minnesota DNR public water access sites, fetched 26 Oct 2026. The record has no open or closed status.

Fishing

Minnesota DNR lake surveys have recorded fish in 31 lakes in Meeker County: walleye in 24, northern pike in 28 and largemouth bass in 26. Minnesota DNR stocking reports list 22 lakes stocked here between 2016 and 2025, 124 stockings in all. Walleye went into 18 lakes. In 2025, the latest year on record, 7 lakes were stocked.

Species recorded in Minnesota DNR lake surveys (game fish by DNR's own list) and Minnesota DNR stocking reports, which give the year, not the day; via LakeFinder, fetched 26 Oct 2026. How we measure

Invasive species

Minnesota DNR lists at least one invasive species for 12 lakes in Meeker County: Eurasian watermilfoil in 10 and zebra mussel in 5. Moving water, plants or animals between lakes spreads them; DNR's rules apply at every access.

Minnesota DNR invasive species designations, as listed in LakeFinder, fetched 26 Oct 2026.

Lake pages in Meeker County

5 lakes here have a page of their own, with a depth map drawn from Minnesota DNR survey contours, the stocking record and the latest fish survey.

Chosen by search demand: Google Keyword Planner, October 2026. How we measure

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