Borden Lake

Crow Wing County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data

Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 18002000

Borden Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.

• Borden Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of September 2, 2026.
• Maximum depth 84 ft, mean depth 22 ft; surface area 1,011 acres, 304 littoral acres, 12.4 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
• Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 11.8 ft.
• Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, and 4 more.
• 1 public access on the DNR list.
• Most recent DNR fish survey: July 31, 2025 (targeted survey).
• Crow Wing County, nearest town Garrison; DNR lake number (DOW) 18002000.

Depth map

Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/9/1958 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.

Public accesses

DNR fish survey, 2025

Temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements were collected from the deepest basin in Borden Lake on July 31st, 2025, to evaluate the quantity and quality of cold, oxygenated water (i.e., oxythermal habitat) available to Cisco, also known as Tullibee, the most sensitive coldwater species present in this lake. During the summer, Cisco require a layer of oxythermal habitat that contains water temperatures below 21.2 degrees C (70.2 degrees F) and dissolved oxygen concentrations above 3.0 mg/L. Based on the profile from the deepest basin (maximum sampled depth 81.0 feet), the water temperature decreased below 21.2 degrees C (70.2 degrees F) at 15.8 feet and the dissolved oxygen concentration decreased to 3.0 mg/L at 16.0 feet at the time of sampling. The thickness of this layer of water in the water column was 0.2 feet, indicating that oxythermal habitat was present but marginal for Cisco. Further, the temperature at which dissolved oxygen decreased to 3.0 mg/L (i.e., TDO3, a single variable to characterize oxythermal habitat) was 20.8 degrees C (69.4 degrees F). TDO3 values cooler than 21.2 degrees C (70.2 degrees F) indicate that oxythermal conditions were marginal for Cisco at the time of the survey as the layer was confined to less than 3 feet of suitable habitat at the time of the survey. Data collected by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources during the late summer period of maximum oxythermal stress (July 26th to Aug 24th) in 2023 and 2024 indicate marginal (i.e., 1.1 feet) and unsuitable (i.e., 0.0 feet) oxythermal habitat, respectively. When inadequate oxythermal habitat is available, Cisco are squeezed into unfavorable, warmer water conditions and experience higher levels of stress.

Minnesota DNR survey narrative, July 31, 2025.

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