Reconnaissance Geology and Hydrology on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota

The Nett Lake Indian Reservation is in northern Minnesota, about 210 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul* The village of Nett Lake (population about UOO) is the only coranunity on the reservation* This report is the result of an investigation made to provide a central water source for the village, at the request of the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The climate of the area is continental, characterized by cool, sub humid summers and long, severe winters. The average annual precipitatior is 2k.2 inches*