{{Short description|Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Long Lost Lake | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location =Long Lost Lake Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota | coords = {{coord|47|11|42|N|95|25|07|W|type:waterbody_region:US-MN|display=inline,title}} | type = closed-basin lake | inflow = ''groundwater'' | outflow = ''none'' | catchment = | length = | width = | area = {{cvt|501|acre|-1}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = 1.8 years | shore = {{cvt|15.46|mi}} | elevation = {{cvt|1606.5|ft|m}} (OHW) | frozen = | islands = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Minnesota#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Long Lost Lake in Minnesota, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = <ref name=LakeFinder/> }} '''Long Lost Lake''' is located in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The lake has one concrete-slab public access on its east side.<ref name=LakeFinder>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=15006800 |title=Long Lost (15006800) |work=DNR LakeFinder |publisher=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |access-date=January 17, 2026}}</ref>
The closed-basin lake's water level rose over {{cvt|4|m|ft|disp=flip}} between 1993 and 2002, submerging residences, roads, and about {{cvt|20|ha|-1|disp=flip}} of land.<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5181/sir2005-5181.pdf |title=Hydrologic Conditions and Lake-Level Fluctuations at Long Lost Lake, 1939–2004 |last1=Christensen |first1=V.G. |last2=Bergman |first2=A.L. |year=2005 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=January 17, 2026}}</ref> From its 2002 high of {{cvt|1618|ft|m}}, its level dropped to {{cvt|1610|ft|m}} by 2025. Ordinary High Water Level (OHW) elevation is {{cvt|1606.5|ft|m}}.<ref name=LakeFinder/>
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources stocked the lake with approximately 275,000 walleye fry most years between 2016 and 2024.<ref name=LakeFinder/>
The 54-acre Long Lost Lake Wildlife Management Area is located on the east side of the lake<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/detail_report.html?id=wma0130300 |title=Long Lost Lake WMA |publisher=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |access-date=January 17, 2026}}</ref> and the smaller 20-acre Long Lost Lake South WMA is on its south shore.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/detail_report.html?id=wma0130700 |title=Long Lost Lake South WMA |publisher=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |access-date=January 17, 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |url= http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/reports/lar-15-0068.pdf |title= Lake Assessment Program 1993: Lost Lake |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060211211817/http://www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/reports/lar-15-0068.pdf |archivedate= 2006-02-11 }} {{small|(1.39 MiB)}} *{{Gnis|647134}}
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Category:Lakes of Clearwater County, Minnesota Category:Lakes of Minnesota