Lake water level report
Poplar - 16023900
Cook County
Water Level Data
Period of record: 08/22/1968 to 10/01/2024
# of readings: 924
Highest recorded: 1855.27 ft (05/13/2022)
Highest known: 1855.45 ft (05/20/01)
Lowest recorded: 1851.42 ft (09/09/1998)
Recorded range: 3.85 ft
Last reading: 1852.97 ft (10/01/2024)
Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation: 1854.2 ft
Datum: NGVD 29 (ft)
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Benchmarks
| Elevation: 1856.46 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 05/22/1990 | Location: T64R1S8 |
| Description: For use only with prior permission of landowner. 3/8" x 8" spike (with orange ribbon on it) set at a 45 deg angle in the north-northeast side of a 0.7' birch, only birch in a group of cedars on the ridge between Poplar and Little Poplar Lakes. approximately 40' south-southwest of the right end of the loose rock dam, at the outlet, on private property, 11 Poplar Creek Dr, Grand Marais. | |
| Elevation: 1856.73 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 05/22/1990 | Location: T64R1S6 |
| Description: For use only with prior permission from landowner. Game & Fish BM. High point on 4' x 3' gray boulder, 5' east of the boat access and 10' from the water's edge, at Nor'Wester Lodge, 7778 Gunflint Trail, Grand Marais, on northeast end of lake. | |
| Elevation: 1856.89 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 05/22/1990 | Location: T64R2S1 |
| Description: For use only with prior permission of landowner. 3/8" x 8" spike set vertically in the top center of a 1.4' birch stump, 8' from the water's edge in line with the dock, at private Dell 1990 residence, on Voyageurs Point Rd, Grand Marais, on West end of lake. | |
| Elevation: 1858.23 ft | Datum: NGVD 29 (ft) |
| Date Set: 05/26/2010 | Location: T64R2S1 |
| Description: Found 2024 for use only with prior permission from landowner. Top high point on large boulder, 9.2' NW from NW corner of dock, 3' West from red pine, at Rockwood Lodge and Outfitters, Gunflint Trail, 50 Rockwood Rd, Grand Marais, on the northwest side of lake. | |