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f* SD 9. Wall Lake. Acreage: 600. 



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^ Location: Hand County; not yet mapped by USGS; 17 miles S of Miller; 



q reached via Rt. 45 S from Miller. 



I_ Description: Located in the headwaters of the Crow Creek drainage, a tributary 



^ of the Missouri River, Wall Lake is a flat-bottomed, shallow lake varying from 1 



yl to 4 ft in depth. It seldom goes dry and has good quality water for vegetative 



growth. The shoreline is mostly grassed and rises fairly sharply from the lake, 

 except where the streams enter or leave. It has high wildlife value for waterfowl, 

 marsh birds, pheasants, deer, muskrat, and mink. It is a State Game Refuge and 

 is very seldom used by the public. 



Encroachments: It has not been disturbed noticeably in recent years but in the 

 past has been mowed and possibly portions have been farmed. Diverting water 

 from the watershed for irrigation could largely dry up the marsh. Private acre- 

 age could be diked off and farmed. 



Ownership: South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks; BSFW; and 



private. 



Data source: George M. Jonkel, 1 848 Dakota Ave., South, Huron, S.D. 57350. 



