Burandt Lake

Burandt Lake is a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, bordering the city of Waconia.[1] It is 97 acres in size and approximately 24 feet deep at its deepest point.[2] It was named for Adolph Burandt, a local farmer.[3]

Burandt Lake
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Location of the lake in Minnesota.
Burandt Lake
LocationCarver County, Minnesota
Coordinates44°50′57″N 93°48′17″W
Typelake

The lake once was characterized by high levels of phosphorus that caused algae blooms, a situation that became the subject of remediation efforts that were underway by 2016.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burandt Lake
  2. "Fish Burandt - Carver County, Minnesota".
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 85.
  4. "On the mend: Burandt Lake in Carver County". 20 April 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.