Stearns County Ditch 28 (CD28) was established in 1906. The ditch is approximately 7.8 miles in length and contains roughly 3,089 benefitted acres. CD28 is both a legal county ditch and public waters. The DNR requires review of any drainage projects that may impact public waters and may also require a permit for work in the ditch or a letter of permission.
12/23/2024
The Stearns County Board of Commissioners acting as the drainage authority has approved special assessments for drainage system expenses totaling $500. The assessment is necessary to pay for costs incurred by the drainage system in 2024 for maintenance and to maintain a positive fund balance. The financial cost by parcel for all property owners in the drainage system is linked below.
CD28 2025 Special Assessment by Parcel
Redetermination
On July 19, 2022 the Stearns County Board of Commissioners acting as the County Ditch 28 (CD28) Drainage Authority appointed the Joe Jacobs viewing team to perform the redetermination of the drainage system. This appointment was in accordance with Minnesota State law. The project timeline will be about 18 months and there will be multiple opportunities for property owners to review the viewers findings and ask questions about how their individual property may be affected.
Please visit the CD28 Redetermination Project Page for more information.
https://gis.co.stearns.mn.us/Ditches/CD28/CD28_redetermination.html
Links
Click on the links to review the various ditch reports and maps.
CD28 Engineer's Report for Reestablishment - Adopted 9/24/2019
Flight from October 16, 2018. This is resulting video of the flight. (No audio)