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Buffalo Lake (E) Public Water Access Site

Boat ramp · on Buffalo Lake · near Buffalo · Minnesota

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Ramp lanes
1
Docks
1
Ramp surface
Concrete Slab
Trailer parking
15 spaces
Car parking
7 spaces
Restrooms
Yes
Managed by
City of Buffalo
Coordinates
45.16775, -93.87444

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On Buffalo Lake

Buffalo Lake is a lake in eastern Wright County, Minnesota. It lies inside the city limits of Buffalo and borders the city. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) lists it at 1,552 acres with a maximum depth of 33 feet. About 49 percent of the lake is shallower than 15 feet. It drains a watershed of 14,527 acres and connects to the Crow River through Deer Lake and Mill Creek. Its surface sits at an elevation of 912 feet. The lake was named for the buffalo fish that were once plentiful in it. The DNR describes it as hypereutrophic and windswept. The lake does not stratify in summer and does not winterkill. Until 1980 it received wastewater from the municipal treatment plant, which is part of the reason it has large nuisance algal blooms, though the DNR has noted signs of recovery. More about Buffalo Lake.

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.