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Silver Lake Watershed Project

Silver Lake: Basic Facts

Location

  • County: Palo Alto
  • Nearby community: Ayrshire

About the lake

  • Lake size: 640 acres
  • Lake depth: average: 4.8 ft; maximum: 7 ft.
  • Listed on Iowa's impaired waters list in: 1998
  • One of five natural glacial lakes located in Palo Alto County
  • Has only 13 residents living along the lakeshore
  • Recreational uses: fishing, hunting, skiing; known for walleye and perch fishing

About the watershed

  • Watershed size: 8,370 acres
  • Watershed to lake ratio: 13 to 1
  • Land use:
    • Cropland: 6,610 acres
    • Grassland: 1,380 acres
    • Forest: 150 acres
    • Alfalfa: 110 acres
    • Other: 120 acres

For More Information
Local:
Don Hagen
Silver Lake Watershed Project Coordinator
(712) 852-3386
Don.Hagen@ia.nacdnet.net
Palo Alto County NRCS Office

Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov

 

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