---
type: lake
name: "Briggs Lake"
county: "Sherburne"
nearest_town: "Clear Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 404
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 45.49902
longitude: -93.93999
lake_score: 51
dnr_lake_id: "71014600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/briggs-lake
---

# Briggs Lake

Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota, near Clear Lake

- **Surface Area**: 404 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Average Depth**: 12 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 51/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Briggs Lake is a 404-acre lake near Clear Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 12 feet, and has roughly 3.9 miles of shoreline. By surface area it ranks No. 3 among the 18 Sherburne County lakes in this directory. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.1 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 21 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and white crappie. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 2, based on 13 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 21
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Carry-In Access

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 2
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-03
- **Latest**: 2013-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Rush Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/rush-lake) - 0.7 miles, 161 acres
- [Lake Julia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/lake-julia) - 1 miles, 154 acres
- [Elk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/elk-lake-clear-lake) - 1.9 miles, 357 acres
- [Camp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/camp-lake) - 4.1 miles, 82 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/clear-lake) - 6.3 miles, 113 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/pickerel-lake) - 6.3 miles, 108 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.49902,-93.93999)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=71014600)
- [All lakes in Sherburne County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/briggs-lake)*