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Lanesboro Dam, Minnesota
Lanesboro Dam on Root River South Branch in Minnesota.
Open in BirdTrout43.716783, -91.978983 · Fillmore County · NID MN00517. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Root River South Branch carries no anadromous run on our corridor map, so this page makes no claim about salmon or steelhead at this dam. What it sits on is coldwater — resident trout water — and the section below says which classification says so.
The structure
- Owner
- City of Lanesboro Local Government
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1868
- Type
- Other
- Height
- 34 ft
- Length
- 193 ft
- Storage
- 1,000 acre-ft · 6 acre pool
- Drainage
- 297 sq mi
From the National Inventory of Dams (USACE). Hazard potential is a downstream-consequence classification, not a statement about the structure's condition.
The water above and below
- South Branch Root River 0.01 mi from the dam · Designated trout stream · designated (MN DNR)
- Duschee Creek 0.57 mi from the dam · Designated trout stream · designated (MN DNR)
Coldwater designation is the state's own classification. A dam sits on one river and this list is every designated reach within a mile and a half of it, so a tributary mouth shows up here too.
Water right now
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 20 miles of this dam, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Getting to it
- Root River, Lanesboro Shorefishing Public Water Access Site 0.1 mi · canoe launch
- Root River, Hwy 16 Public Water Access Site 2.1 mi · canoe launch
- Root River, Whalan Public Water Access Site 3.2 mi · canoe launch
- Root River, Moen's Bridge Public Water Access Site 5.3 mi · canoe launch
- Root River, Preston Public Water Access Site 6.4 mi · canoe launch
Public access sites near the dam, straight-line distance. A dam itself is private property unless its owner says otherwise; these are the places the state lists as open.
Fly shops nearby
- The Driftless Fly Fishing Company 6.2 mi
- Hogline Bait & Tackle 28.9 mi · Winona · +1-507-474-9999
- Tri State Bait & Tackle 34.8 mi · La Crescent