Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 322
Land area (2000): 1.061582 sq. miles (2.749485 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.061582 sq. miles (2.749485 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28700
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.793162 N, 95.319920 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56137
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Heron Lake
Wikipedia
Heron Lake can refer to:
- Heron Lake, Minnesota, a small city in the United States
- Heron Lake (Jackson County, Minnesota)
- Heron Lake (New Mexico), a reservoir in Rio Arriba County
Heron Lake is a reservoir in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The lake is part of the San Juan-Chama Project, which transfers water from the upper reaches of the San Juan River through the Azotea Tunnel (and under the Continental Divide), into Willow Creek and the Rio Chama (and ultimately into the Rio Grande).
Water is impounded in Heron Lake by the long, high Heron Dam, which was completed in 1971. The lake is approximately long and wide, and lies at an elevation of up to . Heron Dam is owned and operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
The southern shore is the location of Heron Lake State Park, featuring over 200 camping and picnic sites, and two improved boat ramps. The lake is a destination for salmon and trout fishing, as well as for small boat sailing. Boat speeds are restricted by a 'no-wake' policy. A hiking trail crosses the Rio Chama Gorge via a pedestrian suspension bridge, and then runs southwest through wooded terrain to the grounds of El Vado Lake State Park.
The lake, dam, and state park are named after Kenneth A. Heron, an engineer in the early 1900s who realized that water could be diverted from wetter areas to the north, to the benefit of more arid regions to the south.
Heron Lake is a lake in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Heron Lake is the English translation of the native Dakota language name.