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Minnesota Lakes With Bigmouth Buffalo

188 counted Minnesota lakes list Bigmouth Buffalo in Minnesota DNR records. The largest is Pepin at 12,299 acres. The deepest of them is Koronis (main lake) at 132 ft.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
2	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
3	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
4	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
5	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
6	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
7	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
8	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
9	Rice	Aitkin	3,684 acres	4.5 ft
10	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 ft
11	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
12	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
13	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
14	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
15	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
16	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
17	Minnewawa	Aitkin	2,351 acres	21 ft
18	Norway	Kandiyohi	2,339 acres	33 ft
19	Emily	Pope	2,316 acres	6 ft
20	Okamanpeedan	Martin	2,268 acres	6.5 ft
21	Elysian (Main Lake)	Waseca	2,215 acres	13 ft
22	Artichoke	Big Stone	1,971 acres	15.5 ft
23	Cedar	McLeod	1,860 acres	8 ft
24	Pomme de Terre	Grant	1,816 acres	23 ft
25	Hanska	Brown	1,795 acres	16 ft
26	Wakanda Lake	Kandiyohi	1,760 acres	15 ft
27	Ocheda	Nobles	1,691 acres	5 ft
28	Cannon	Rice	1,593 acres	15 ft
29	Buffalo	Wright	1,552 acres	33 ft
30	Hendricks	Lincoln	1,522 acres	9 ft
31	Washington	Le Sueur	1,516 acres	51 ft
32	Rice	Stearns	1,513 acres	41 ft
33	Madison	Blue Earth	1,447 acres	59 ft
34	Split Hand	Itasca	1,374 acres	34 ft
35	Byllesby	Dakota	1,368 acres	50 ft
36	Lura	Blue Earth	1,359 acres	9 ft
37	Tetonka	Le Sueur	1,358 acres	35 ft
38	Little Rock	Benton	1,311 acres	17 ft
39	Big Stone NWR East Pool	Lac Qui Parle	1,286 acres	-
40	Sarah	Murray	1,209 acres	10 ft
41	Chippewa	Douglas	1,186 acres	95 ft
42	Lillian	Kandiyohi	1,151 acres	7.8 ft
43	Bear	Freeborn	1,033 acres	6 ft
44	Elizabeth (Main Lake)	Kandiyohi	1,023 acres	9 ft
45	Fox	Martin	951 acres	20 ft
46	Shields	Rice	940 acres	42 ft
47	Round	Jackson	930 acres	9 ft
48	Cedar	Rice	902 acres	42 ft
49	Eagle	Blue Earth	898 acres	9 ft
50	German	Le Sueur	889 acres	51 ft
51	Talcot	Cottonwood	873 acres	6 ft
52	Belle	Meeker	864 acres	25 ft
53	Eagle	Kandiyohi	849 acres	67 ft
54	Little Birch	Todd	839 acres	89 ft
55	Circle	Rice	838 acres	14 ft
56	Independence	Hennepin	832 acres	58 ft
57	Moses	Douglas	824 acres	32 ft
58	Loon	Blue Earth	809 acres	7 ft
59	Minnetaga	Kandiyohi	791 acres	9 ft
60	Okabena	Nobles	776 acres	16 ft
61	Long	Otter Tail	767 acres	73 ft
62	Schilling	Sibley	763 acres	7 ft
63	Ringo	Kandiyohi	735 acres	10 ft
64	Dora	Le Sueur	733 acres	6 ft
65	Gun	Aitkin	712 acres	44 ft
66	Loon	Jackson	708 acres	8 ft
67	Cedar	Martin	707 acres	7 ft
68	Florida	Kandiyohi	705 acres	40 ft
69	Iowa	Martin	705 acres	9.4 ft
70	Oliver	Swift	686 acres	18 ft
71	East Jefferson	Le Sueur	685 acres	37 ft
72	Big Swan	Meeker	684 acres	32 ft
73	Wells	Rice	677 acres	4 ft
74	Preston	Renville	655 acres	11 ft
75	Calhoun	Kandiyohi	647 acres	13 ft
76	Otter	McLeod	642 acres	9 ft
77	Bright	Martin	639 acres	7 ft
78	Willmar	Kandiyohi	636 acres	14 ft
79	Roberds	Rice	632 acres	43 ft
80	Little Spirit	Jackson	624 acres	8 ft
81	Long	Stevens	620 acres	9.5 ft
82	Dam	Aitkin	598 acres	48 ft
83	Wood	Watonwan	559 acres	4.3 ft
84	Cokato	Wright	553 acres	52 ft
85	Fountain	Freeborn	522 acres	14 ft
86	Gorman	Le Sueur	521 acres	14 ft
87	West Graham	Nobles	519 acres	8 ft
88	East Graham	Nobles	511 acres	8 ft
89	Foot	Kandiyohi	503 acres	24 ft
90	Waverly	Wright	494 acres	70.5 ft
91	Wood	Yellow Medicine	485 acres	9 ft
92	East Chain	Martin	481 acres	6 ft
93	U.S. Lock & Dam #1 Pool	Hennepin	471 acres	9 ft
94	Charlotte	Stevens	468 acres	20 ft
95	Oliver (east portion)	Swift	467 acres	32 ft
96	Hattie	Stevens	459 acres	9 ft
97	Flahtery	Jackson	457 acres	6.2 ft
98	West Jefferson	Le Sueur	439 acres	24 ft
99	East Toqua	Big Stone	437 acres	9 ft
100	Clear	Jackson	434 acres	9 ft

Showing the 100 largest of 188 counted lakes with Bigmouth Buffalo.

Source: Minnesota DNR lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.