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  Low flows in Sheyenne River prevent operation of Devils Lake outlet
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - Low flows in the Sheyenne River are preventing the operation of the Devils Lake outlet.
He says the lake is at its lowest level for this time of year in about 15 years.
The $28 million outlet that moves Devils Lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne operated for only a little more than a month last year, removing less than an inch from the top of the bloated 136,000-acre lake.
www.startribune.com /local/18933039.html   (304 words)

  
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The modern depression that is now flooded by Devils Lake is the result of a series of events that began in preglacial time, continued throughout the long period of ice-age history, and culminated in a massive ice-thrusting event at the end of the most recent glacial epoch (see North Dakota Note #11 on glacial thrusting).
Once the lake is high, as it is this summer (1999), water will continue to move from the aquifer to the lake, but it won’t have a noticeable or significant effect on the lake level (since so much more water is required to raise the lake level when it is at relatively high levels).
Devils Lake rose and fell often and ranged between wide extremes long before the area was settled.
www.state.nd.us /ndgs/Devils_Lake/Orgin_Devils_Lake.htm   (3165 words)

  
 CBC Manitoba - Features - Devils Lake
The nearby lake is on the verge of flooding its namesake town, and the solution to the problem is raising a cross-border water controversy.
The province says Devils Lake's water quality is much worse than the quality of water in the Red River and in Lake Winnipeg, citing concerns about the level of salts, arsenic, boron, mercury and phosphorus.
Devils Lake was stocked in the 1970s with striped bass, an aggressively competitive fish that does not live in the Red River basin.
www.cbc.ca /manitoba/features/devilslake   (641 words)

  
 Lake information report: Minnesota DNR
Devils Lake is a 314-acre mesotrophic lake located in northeastern Otter Tail County approximately four miles northwest of Perham, MN.
Devils Lake is included in lake class 31 of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) lake classification scheme.
Devils Lake can be ecologically classified as a bass-panfish type of lake and this is reflected in the assemblage of the fish community.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /lakefind/showreport.html?downum=56024500   (639 words)

  
 Devils Lake, Lenawee County, MI
Devils Lake is a natural lake located in northwest Lenawee County approximately 13 miles north and west of the community of Adrian (see map of Devils Lake).
Devils Lake appears to have ideal substrate and habitat for the growth and survival of the redear sunfish.
Devils Lake presently supports very good populations of bluegill, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass, largemouth bass, and smallmouth bass for angling and anglers are very satisfied with the existing fishery.
www.dnr.state.mi.us /PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/status/waterbody/93-12.htm   (2521 words)

  
 Press Release - Devils Lake Recreation on an Historic Lake
The lake was created in 14,000 BC, when sand dunes and beach deposits blocked the lower end of the valley drained by the D River.
In the 1800's the lake was renamed, stemming from a legend surrounding the mysterious disappearance of Indian warriors on the lake.
The 100-foot D River separates Devils Lake from the roaring ocean surf, and it holds the Guiness World's Record as "the shortest river in the world." Today, the nearly 680-acre lake offers visitors endless recreation ranging from the solitude of bird watching to the exhilaration of windsurfing.
www.oregoncoast.org /pages/contact-pages/press-kit-releases/press-DevilsLake.html   (585 words)

  
 Devils Lake Basin - USGS
From 1867 to 2005, the lake level has fluctuated between a maximum of 1,449.2 ft asl in 2005 and a minimum of 1,400.9 ft asl in 1940.
In August 2005, the lake level was 1449.2 ft asl, about 24.6 ft higher than the level recorded in February 1993 (see Devils Lake elevation graph).
When Devils Lake reached 1,447.1 ft asl in the summer of 1999, water was just beginning to trickle into Stump Lake.
nd.water.usgs.gov /devilslake/index.html   (456 words)

  
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Devils Lake, the largest natural body of water in North Dakota (Bluemle, 1981), has been getting larger every year for the past three years, much to the frustration of area residents.
The Tolna outlet is a well-defined, narrow and steep-walled channel that exits Stump Lake from the southwest side of the lake, turns abruptly south, and then gradually trends in a southeastern direction toward the Sheyenne River.
This information will be supplied to the NDSWC and the Devils Lake Joint Water Resource Board to assist them with their quest to find a long term solution for the fluctuating water levels at Devils Lake.
www.state.nd.us /ndgs/Devils_Lake/devils.htm   (2281 words)

  
 Probability of Future Lake Levels for Devils Lake, North Dakota
Lake levels were recorded sporadically from 1867 to 1901, when the USGS established a gaging station on Devils Lake.
In response to rising lake levels from 1969 through the 1980's, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is conducting a reconnaissance study for a flood-control project to stabilize the level of Devils Lake.
The WMB model is used to compute the total volume (mass) of water stored in Devils Lake due to precipitation on the lake surface, evaporation from the lake surface, and inflow to the lake from the drainage basin.
nd.water.usgs.gov /pubs/fs/fs15895   (1024 words)

  
 Marsh Wetlands of the Devils Lake Region--Home
Devils Lake is a unique ecological unit that deserves public attention due to its dynamic environment.
Devils Lake is located in the northeastern part of North Dakota in Ramsey County (location map).
Devils Lake consists of several connected basins that were formed as a result of glacial pushing of the Cretaceous substratum.
www.geocities.com /swsalley/es567/index.html   (359 words)

  
 Devils Lake North Dakota | Flood Story | Devils Lake, ND
Even though long-term variations in the climate are ultimately the reason Devils Lake rises or falls, the short term fluctuations do not always appear to correlate well with obvious climatic trends.
Several smaller lakes are found immediately upstream from Devils Lake and these lakes serve to delay runoff to Devils Lake.
If the Spiritwood Aquifer, which directly underlies Devils Lake, is in contact with the floor of the lake, water can move from the aquifer to the lake or vice versa.
www.devilslakend.com /tourism/flood.htm   (1190 words)

  
 Devils Lake, N.D., Status
Because the lake is a closed system of lakes below elevation 1459, evaporation has caused the lake to be high in total dissolved solids, although this effect has been greatly reduced by the volume of water flowing into the lake since 1993.
In 1940 the lake covered only about 10 square miles and was confined to the main bay of the lake and a separate East Devils Lake.
Devils Lake consists of several "bays" that join or separate from the main body of water depending on the lake level.
www.gov.mb.ca /waterstewardship/transboundary/devilslake/corpfacts.html   (2229 words)

  
 Woodland Resort - Devils Lake, ND | About Devils Lake Fishing
In the pioneer days settlers refereed to it as the inner ocean, no wonder the 125,000 acre lake with over 375 miles of shore line, and one of the densest hardwood forest in the state, is an absolute anomaly on the prairie landscape.
Devils Lake is known nation wide for abundant populations of walleye, pike, perch and white bass.
Devils Lake is in the position to be a premier North American fishery.
www.woodlandresort.com /aboutdevilslake.htm   (301 words)

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