Big Cormorant Lake is situated in northwestern Minnesota's Becker County, about an hour's drive due east of the Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota metropolitan area.
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2008 Water Levels
05/15/08 - 1354.61 feet above sea level or 0.12 inches above Ordinary High Water
05/26/08 - 1354.59 feet above sea level or 0.12 inches below Ordinary High Water.
06/04/08 - 1354.63 feet above sea level or 0.36 inches above Ordinary High Water.
06/09/08 - 1354.78 feet above sea level or 2.16 inches above Ordinary High Water.
06/16/08 - 1354.83 feet above sea level or 2.76 inches above Ordinary High Water.
06/21/08 - 1354.83 feet above sea level or 2.76 inches above Ordinary High Water.
06/23/08 - 1354.81 feet above sea level or 2.52 inches above Ordinary High Water.
06/29/08 - 1354.83 feet above sea level or 2.76 inches above Ordinary High Water.
07/06/08 - 1354.79 * feet above sea level or 2.28 inches above Ordinary High Water.
07/16/08 - 1354.75 * feet above sea level or 1.80 inches above Ordinary High Water.
07/19/08 - 1354.73 * feet above sea level or 1.56 inches above Ordinary High Water.
07/21/08 - 1354.73 * feet above sea level or 1.56 inches above Ordinary High Water.
07/28/08 - 1354.63 * feet above sea level or .36 inches above Ordinary High Water.
08/04/08 - 1354.63 * feet above sea level or .36 inches above Ordinary High Water.
08/18/08 - 1354.61 feet above sea level or 0.12 inches above Ordinary High Water.
08/30/08 - 1354.33 feet above sea level or 3.24 inches below Ordinary High Water.
08/30/08 - 1354.40 feet above sea level or 2.40 inches below Ordinary High Water.
09/26/08 - 1354.28 feet above sea level or 3.84 inches below Ordinary High Water.
10/10/08 - 1354.28 feet above sea level or 3.84 inches below Ordinary High Water.
10/16/08 - 1354.48 feet above sea level or 1.44 inches below Ordinary High Water.
10/29/08 - 1354.45 feet above sea level or 1.80 inches below Ordinary High Water.
11/11/08 - This was the final reading for 2008. Guage was removed this date. 1354.48 feet above sea level or 1.44 inches below Ordinary High Water.
* There appears to be an error in the gauge the DNR put in on the lake. We should add 2 inches to the above reading. There appears to have been storm damage to the gauge and it is being examined by the DNR.