Municipal sewage ponds (also known as sewage lagoons, settling ponds, wastewater treatment ponds, etc.) are often productive birding sites. For additional sewage pond information, see p. 7-8 in the new 5th edition of A Birder's Guide to Minnesota (mbwbirds.com/abgtm.html).
• Note that no sewage ponds are currently known or listed for Fillmore, Olmsted, Ramsey, and Washington counties.
• The sewage ponds of some towns are located in a different county; these are listed under the county where the ponds are located, and the county of the town is indicated in parentheses.
• This list only includes municipal sewage ponds; some state parks, casinos, private businesses, etc. also have ponds which are not included here (see below).
• For the location of any sewage pond, see moumn.org/avian/overlay.php: 1) select the Satellite and Sewage Ponds overlays (you can disregard the species at the top of the side-bar); 2) check the Sewage Ponds expand-menu box; 3) click on the town name in this menu, and zoom in on the map as needed to see the pond. (Please note that this new compilation of sewage ponds on the MOU website includes several additional entries for non-municipal ponds and for some which are now non-existent; these are not included on the list below.) Directions to all sewage ponds can also be found in A Birder's Guide to Minnesota.
• If you are aware of an additional pond not included on this checklist, or determine that one no longer exists, please email its location to Kim Eckert at eckertkr@gmail.com.
Total: 404
Latest revision: April 2023 (original compilation May 2009)
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Aitkin County
❑ Hill City
❑ McGregor
Anoka County
❑ Bethel
❑ St. Francis
Becker County
❑ Audubon
❑ Callaway
❑ Lake Park
❑ Ogema
❑ Ponsford
❑ White Earth
❑ Wolf Lake
Beltrami County
❑ Blackduck
❑ Kelliher
❑ Ponemah
❑ Redby
❑ Red Lake
Benton County
❑ Foley
❑ Gilman
❑ Rice
❑ Royalton (Morrison Co.)
Big Stone County
❑ Beardsley
❑ Browns Valley
(Traverse Co.)
❑ Clinton
❑ Graceville
❑ Odessa
❑ Ortonville
Blue Earth County
❑ Good Thunder
❑ Mapleton
❑ Pemberton
❑ Vernon Center
Brown County
❑ Evan
❑ Hanska
❑ Searles
❑ Sleepy Eye
Carlton County
❑ Barnum
❑ Cromwell
❑ Kettle River
❑ Moose Lake
Carver County
❑ Bongards
❑ Cologne
❑ Hamburg
❑ Mayer
❑ New Germany
❑ Watertown
Cass County
❑ Cass Lake
❑ Hackensack
❑ Longville
❑ Pillager
❑ Remer
❑ Walker
Chippewa County
❑ Maynard
❑ Milan
Chisago County
❑ Chisago City
❑ Harris
❑ North Branch
❑ Rush City
❑ Shafer
❑ Taylors Falls
Clay County
❑ Barnesville
❑ Comstock
❑ Felton
❑ Georgetown
❑ Glyndon
❑ Hawley
❑ Hitterdal
❑ Moorhead
❑ Sabin
❑ Ulen
Clearwater County
❑ Bagley
❑ Clearbrook
Cook County
❑ Grand Portage
❑ Lutsen
Cottonwood County
❑ Jeffers
❑ Mountain Lake
❑ Storden
❑ Westbrook
Crow Wing County
❑ Breezy Point
❑ Emily
❑ Ironton
❑ Pequot Lakes
Dakota County
❑ Hampton
Dodge County
❑ Claremont
Douglas County
❑ Brandon
❑ Carlos
❑ Evansville
❑ Garfield
❑ Kensington
❑ Millerville
❑ Miltona
❑ Osakis
Faribault County
❑ Bricelyn
❑ Delavan
❑ Elmore
❑ Frost
❑ Kiester
❑ Walters
❑ Wells
Fillmore County
Freeborn County
❑ Alden
❑ Clarks Grove
❑ Conger
❑ Freeborn
❑ Geneva
❑ Glenville
❑ Hartland
❑ Hayward
❑ Hollandale
❑ Oakland
❑ Twin Lakes
Goodhue County
❑ Kenyon
Grant County
❑ Ashby
❑ Barrett
❑ Elbow Lake
❑ Herman
❑ Hoffman
❑ Wendell
Hennepin County
❑ Loretto
❑ Rogers
Houston County
❑ Eitzen
Hubbard County
❑ Akeley
❑ Nevis
❑ Park Rapids
Isanti County
❑ Dalbo
❑ Isanti
Itasca County
❑ Bigfork
❑ Deer River
❑ Grand Rapids
❑ Nashwauk
❑ Warba
Jackson County
❑ Brewster (Nobles Co.)
❑ Heron Lake
❑ Jackson
❑ Okabena
❑ Round Lake (Nobles Co.)
Kanabec County
❑ Grasston
Kandiyohi County
❑ Atwater
❑ Blomkest
❑ Lake Lillian
❑ Pennock
❑ Raymond
❑ Roseland
❑ Sunburg
Kittson County
❑ Hallock
❑ Karlstad
❑ Kennedy
❑ Lake Bronson
❑ Lancaster
Koochiching County
❑ Big Falls
❑ International Falls
❑ Littlefork
❑ Northome
Lac qui Parle County
❑ Bellingham
❑ Dawson
❑ Marietta
Lake County
❑ Beaver Bay
❑ Castle Danger
Lake of the Woods County
❑ Baudette
❑ Wheeler's Point
❑ Williams
Le Sueur County
❑ Cleveland
❑ Elysian
❑ Kilkenny
❑ St. Peter (Nicollet Co.)
Lincoln County
❑ Hendricks
❑ Ivanhoe
❑ Lake Benton
❑ Tyler
Lyon County
❑ Balaton
❑ Cottonwood
❑ Garvin
❑ Ghent
❑ Lynd
❑ Minneota
❑ Russell
❑ Taunton
❑ Tracy
Mahnomen County
❑ Bejou
❑ Mahnomen
❑ Nay-tah-waush
❑ Waubun
Marshall County
❑ Alvarado
❑ Argyle
❑ Grygla
❑ Middle River
❑ Newfolden
❑ Oslo
❑ Stephen
❑ Viking
❑ Warren
Martin County
❑ Ceylon
❑ Dunnell
❑ Granada
❑ Northrop
McLeod County
❑ Glencoe
❑ Silver Lake
❑ Stewart
Meeker County
❑ Cedar Mills
❑ Cosmos
❑ Darwin
❑ Dassel
❑ Grove City
Mille Lacs County
❑ Bayview
❑ Foreston
❑ Isle
❑ Milaca
❑ Onamia
❑ Pease
❑ Wahkon
Morrison County
❑ Bowlus
❑ Flensburg
❑ Motley
❑ Pierz
❑ Sobieski
❑ Upsala
Mower County
❑ Brownsdale
❑ Dexter
❑ Elkton
❑ Grand Meadow
❑ Le Roy
❑ Lyle
❑ Racine
❑ Rose Creek
❑ Sargeant
❑ Waltham
Murray County
❑ Avoca
❑ Chandler
❑ Currie
❑ Dundee (Nobles Co.)
❑ Fulda
❑ Lake Wilson
❑ Slayton
Nicollet County
❑ Nicollet
Nobles County
❑ Adrian
❑ Bigelow
❑ Ellsworth
❑ Leota
❑ Lismore
❑ Rushmore
❑ Wilmont
❑ Worthington
Norman County
❑ Ada
❑ Borup
❑ Gary
❑ Hendrum
❑ Perley
❑ Shelly
❑ Twin Valley
Olmsted County
Otter Tail County
❑ Battle Lake
❑ Bluffton
❑ Dalton
❑ Deer Creek
❑ Dent
❑ Elizabeth
❑ Frazee (Becker Co.)
❑ Henning
❑ New York Mills
❑ Parkers Prairie
❑ Pelican Rapids
❑ Perham
❑ Underwood
❑ Urbank
❑ Vergas
Pennington County
❑ Goodridge
❑ St. Hilaire
❑ Thief River Falls
Pine County
❑ Askov
❑ Finlayson
❑ Hinckley
❑ Pine City
❑ Sandstone
❑ Sturgeon Lake
❑ Willow River
Pipestone County
❑ Edgerton
❑ Holland
❑ Pipestone
❑ Ruthton
❑ Woodstock
Polk County
❑ Climax
❑ Crookston
❑ Erskine
❑ Fertile
❑ Fisher
❑ Fosston
❑ McIntosh
❑ Nielsville
❑ Winger
Pope County
❑ Cyrus
❑ Glenwood
❑ Lowry
❑ Villard
Ramsey County
Red Lake County
❑ Oklee
❑ Plummer
❑ Red Lake Falls
Redwood County
❑ Belview
❑ Clements
❑ Lamberton
❑ Lower Sioux Indian
Community
❑ Lucan
❑ Milroy
❑ Morgan
❑ North Redwood
❑ Redwood Falls
❑ Revere
❑ Sanborn
❑ Vesta
❑ Wanda
Renville County
❑ Bird Island
❑ Buffalo Lake
❑ Danube
❑ Fairfax
❑ Franklin
❑ Morton
❑ Renville
Rice County
❑ Dennison (Goodhue Co.)
Rock County
❑ Beaver Creek
❑ Hardwick
❑ Hills
❑ Jasper
❑ Luverne
❑ Magnolia
❑ Steen
Roseau County
❑ Badger
❑ Greenbush
❑ Roseau
❑ Warroad
St. Louis County
❑ Biwabik
❑ Chisholm
❑ Cook
❑ Ely
❑ Floodwood
❑ Meadowlands
❑ Nett Lake
❑ Tower-Soudan
Scott County
❑ Belle Plaine
❑ Jordan
❑ New Market
❑ New Prague
Sherburne County
❑ Clear Lake
❑ Zimmerman
Sibley County
❑ Gaylord
❑ Gibbon
❑ New Auburn
❑ Winthrop
Stearns County
❑ Albany
❑ Avon
❑ Belgrade
❑ Brooten
❑ Eden Valley
❑ Freeport
❑ Greenwald
❑ Kimball
❑ New Munich
❑ Paynesville
❑ St. Martin
❑ Watkins (Meeker Co.)
Steele County
❑ Ellendale
❑ Medford
Stevens County
❑ Alberta
❑ Chokio
❑ Hancock
❑ Morris
Swift County
❑ Clontarf
❑ Danvers
❑ De Graff
❑ Holloway
❑ Murdoch
Todd County
❑ Bertha
❑ Browerville
❑ Clarissa
❑ Eagle Bend
❑ Grey Eagle
❑ Hewitt
❑ Long Prairie
Traverse County
❑ Dumont
❑ Wheaton
Wabasha County
❑ Bellechester (Goodhue Co.)
❑ Kellogg
❑ Zumbro Falls
Wadena County
❑ Menahga
❑ Sebeka
❑ Verndale
Waseca County
❑ Janesville
❑ Waldorf
Washington County
Watonwan County
❑ Butterfield
❑ Lewisville
❑ Ormsby
Wilkin County
❑ Breckenridge
❑ Campbell
❑ Rothsay
Winona County
❑ Altura
❑ Rollingstone
❑ Stockton
❑ Utica
Wright County
❑ Albertville
❑ Cokato
❑ Montrose
❑ South Haven
Yellow Medicine County
❑ Canby
❑ Clarkfield
❑ Echo
❑ Hanley Falls
❑ Porter
❑ St. Leo
❑ Wood Lake
A CHECKLIST OF MINNESOTA SEWAGE PONDS
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