---
type: lake
name: "Wood Lake"
county: "Watonwan"
nearest_town: "Sveadahl"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 559
max_depth_ft: 4.3
latitude: 44.10269
longitude: -94.77513
lake_score: 32
dnr_lake_id: "83006000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county/wood-lake
---

# Wood Lake

Lake in Watonwan County, Minnesota, near Sveadahl

- **Surface Area**: 559 acres
- **Max Depth**: 4 ft
- **Average Depth**: 3 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 32/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Wood Lake is a 559-acre lake near Sveadahl in Watonwan County, Minnesota. It reaches 4 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 3 feet, and has roughly 6.5 miles of shoreline. It is the largest lake in Watonwan County in the Minnesota DNR's LakeFinder records.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including northern pike and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1996.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1996
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Orangespotted Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Hanska](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/brown-county/lake-hanska) - 8.1 miles, 1,795 acres
- [St. James Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county/st-james-lake) - 11 miles, 203 acres
- [Kansas Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county/kansas-lake) - 13.4 miles, 403 acres
- [Mountain Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/mountain-lake) - 13.7 miles, 230 acres
- [Sleepy Eye Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/brown-county/sleepy-eye-lake) - 14.4 miles, 241 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county/long-lake) - 15 miles, 263 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.10269,-94.77513)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=83006000)
- [All lakes in Watonwan County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county)

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