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14.300 acres water surface (22.4 square miles) (MCWD PLAN SEC 4 P16) Drains an area of 123 square miles, 22.4 of which it occupies (IBID P62) 123-22.4=100.6 square miles drain into Lake Minnetonka Orono land area is 10,200 acres or 16 sq. miles e.xcluding lakes, about 16.5 square miles including City lakes but not Mtka; 16.5 / 100.6 = .164 =1/6 of watershed is from Orono 131 miles of shoreline (IBID PI 6) 110 miles of shoreline (IBID P63) ?!?!?! Orono’s portion is 40 miles or 31% (36%) of shoreline (City measurement by MPG) -need to work on this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- I No other community has the same potential as Orono for affecting Lake Minnetonka's water quality or water quantity, therefore, no other single community has as heavy a responsibility for careful protection of this general resource as does Orono. Other significant lakes in Orono include Long Lake, Mooney Lake, Lydiard Lake, Lake Classen and Dickey's Lake. Lydiard Lake and Dickey's Lake drain into Long Lake which in turn flows into Long Lake Creek and eventually Tanager Lake (bay) of Lake Minnetonka. Lake Classen drains into Stubbs Bay of Lake Minnetonka and Mooney Lake drains through Plymouth and Wayzata before discharging into Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka. (Nevv Table!_________________________ LAKE SIZES AND SHORELAND CLASSIFICATIONS Basin Area Protected Waten (Acres)OHWL Inventory I.D. U Natural Environment (NEl Lakes Lake Classen 117 974.5'162-P Dickey Lake 26 985.5'161-W French Lake (South Basin Only)930.0'140-P Lydiard Lake 33 970.9'159-P Lake Katrina*544*154-P Recreational Dcvelomnent (RD) Lakes Long Lake*320*944.3’160-P Mooney L.ake*118*988.0 ’134-P Tanager Lake 74 929.4*141-P General Develonment tGD) Lakes Forest Lake 127 929.4*139-P l.ake Minnetonka*14,310*929.4*133-P •Stated acreage includes acreage within other municipalities. CMP 3A - 5