Prior Lake Association

Prior Lake Water Surface Regulations

• Forty (40) mile per hour speed limit on the lake from sunrise to one hour after sunset, weekends and holidays, between Memorial Day and Labor Day
• Twenty (20) mile per hour speed limit on the lake from one hour after sunset to sunrise, Monday through Sunday for the entire boating season.
• A perpetual no-wake zone within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the shoreline around all portions of the lake. There are two exceptions to the no-wake zone:

1) A watercraft towing a person on water skis, inner tube, aqua plane or similar device may operate within the no-wake zone when launching or landing that person in the most direct and safe route.

2) A group or organization such as the Prior Lake Ski Club that has received an exemption by the Scott County Sheriff's Office.

Swimmers using inflatable devices may not do so outside the 150-foot no-wake zone unless accompanied by a boat.

If water levels reach above 904 feet, the City of Prior Lake may impose additional slow no-wake zones on other areas of the lake to protect life and property. Such restrictions are effective upon publication in the local newspaper or at a date specified. All access ramps will be posted with such restrictions. Restrictions will be removed following subsiding of high water levels to below 904 feet for three consecutive days.

Enforcement of the ordinance is the responsibility of the Scott County Sheriff's Office. For more information, please call 952-445-7750.

Report problems to the Scott County Sherriff Dispatch please call 952-445-1411.

Boating & Dock Information

City of Prior Lake Water Quality Report - May 2007

MN DNR Shoreland Management information