Purgatory Creek
| Length | 12 miles |
| Elevation Change | 178 ft |
| Watershed size | 30 sq miles |
| # of cities in watershed | 4 |
| # of lakes connected | 8 |
| # of monitoring sites | 10 |
| # of parks | 27 |
| Impairment listing | Not listed |
| Common fish | Bluegill, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Yellow Perch |
| Invasive species | Curlyleaf Pondweed, Eurasian Watermilfoil, Common Carp |
For more information about waterbody impairments, visit the Minnesota's Impaired Waters List webpage managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Factsheet
Related Projects
Fire Station Two (Eden Prairie)
Through a grant from the Metropolitan Council, the District partnered with the city of Eden Prairie to implement water conservation practices at Fire Station Two.
Scenic Heights School Forest Restoration
This project will restore a healthy ecosystem in the school forest, one that promotes clean water in nearby Purgatory Creek, and provides habitat for wildlife.
RElated Documents
- Aquatic plant surveys and water quality for Round Lake and two tributary ponds (2014)
- Paleolimnological analysis of Silver Lake (2015)
- Aquatic Plant Survey: Silver Lake (2017)
- Staring Lake: EWM Early Detection & Rapid Response (2015)
- Development and implementation of a sustainable strategy to contorl common carp in the Purgatory Creek Chain of Lakes (2015)
- Ranking System for Prioritizing the Implementation of Restoration Projects across Three Streams in Central Minnesota (2018)
- Purgatory Creek Factsheet
- Curlyleaf pondweed in Mitchell Lake (2018)
- Historical water quality and ecological change of three lakes in the RPBCWD (2011)
- Aquatic plant community of Red Rock Lake (2015)
- Curlyleaf pondweed in Red Rock Lake (2018)
- Red Rock Lake Use Attainability Analysis (UAA; 2006)
- Purgatory Creek Watershed Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Executive Summary (2017)
- Purgatory Creek Watershed Use Attainability Analysis (UAA; 2017)
- Stormwater pond project (2014)
- CWP Bulletin - Ranking System for Prioritizing Restoration Projects
- Scenic Heights Trail Sign
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