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Cedar Lake (McLeod and Meeker counties, Minnesota)

Coordinates: 44°58′40″N 94°27′41″W / 44.97778°N 94.46139°W / 44.97778; -94.46139
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Cedar Lake
Location of Cedar Lake in Minnesota
Location of Cedar Lake in Minnesota
Cedar Lake
LocationMcLeod and Meeker counties
Coordinates44°58′40″N 94°27′41″W / 44.97778°N 94.46139°W / 44.97778; -94.46139
TypeLake
Surface elevation1,076 feet (328 m)

Cedar Lake is a lake in McLeod and Meeker counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Cedar Lake was named for the red cedar trees near the lake.[2] Although Cedar Lake is a large lake (1,860 acres) it is also quite shallow lake reaching only 8 feet (2.4 m) deep. The bottom of the lake consists of silt and detritus and has abundant curly-leaf pondweed in the spring months before it dies back in July. The lake has a history of winterkill and there is fish migration from nearby Belle Lake. The lake has abundant common carp and black bullheads as well as moderate numbers of northern pike and black crappie.

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Lake (McLeod and Meeker counties, Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 338.