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