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Minnesota›Deepest lakes›Clay County

MN · ranked by public data

The 6 Deepest Lakes in Clay County, Minnesota

6 Clay County lakes are at least 50 NHD-mapped acres with a DNR-documented depth, out of 48 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 139 ft
    115 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Silver Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.83, -96.33115 acres | 39 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    39 ft maximum depth · 115 acres

  2. 236 ft
    137 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Lee Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.86, -96.25137 acres | 36 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    36 ft maximum depth · 137 acres

  3. 324 ft
    145 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Lake Fifteen

    limitedDepth map
    46.77, -96.22145 acres | 24 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    24 ft maximum depth · 145 acres

  4. 415 ft
    135 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Lake Ten

    limitedDepth map
    46.78, -96.23135 acres | 15 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    15 ft maximum depth · 135 acres

  5. 513 ft
    247 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Tilde Lake

    limitedDepth map
    47.01, -96.19247 acres | 13 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    13 ft maximum depth · 247 acres

  6. 610 ft
    54 acres

    Clay County, MN

    Overson Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.82, -96.2054 acres | 10 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    10 ft maximum depth · 54 acres

Methodology

How this list is built

  • Ranked by the official maximum depth in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder records; where none is published, the deepest mapped contour from MN DNR survey bathymetry stands in (contours can slightly understate depth, never overstate it).
  • Only lakes with published Minnesota DNR survey bathymetry on LakeList can rank (about 1,500 lakes). Deep border waters without a published DNR depth record — Saganaga Lake among them — are not listed rather than guessed at.
  • Lakes under 50 acres — or without a confidently matched USGS NHD polygon for acreage — are excluded from rankings.
  • Public access inventories are not yet tracked for Minnesota here, so access is never shown or ranked.

FAQ

Clay County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Clay County?

Silver Lake — Silver Lake in Clay County has the deepest documented maximum depth of any ranked Clay County lake, at 39 feet in Minnesota DNR records.

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Source data: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder records and MN DNR survey bathymetry, with acreage from USGS National Hydrography Dataset polygons, as aggregated by LakeList.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.