Overview

Whereas fishing is an important recreational opportunity for the

Date  2006

Author   Aquatic Biologist

Historical Description

Source: 1982, Surface Water Resources of Lincoln County

Alice Lake, T35N, R7E, Sec. 30
Surface acres = 1,369.0, Maximum Depth 32 feet, Secchi Disc = 12 feet

A medium hard drainage lake (impoundment), having slightly acid, light
brown water of high transparency. The shoreline is 95 percent upland
consisting of hardwoods and 5 percent bog wetland. The littoral zone
bottom materials are composed of 65 percent sand, 25 percent muck, 7
percent gravel, and 3 percent rubble. The vegetation is moderate in
density in 45 percent of the basin. There are 7 inlet streams: Wisconsin
River, Big Pine Creek, Green Meadow Creek, and four unnamed creeks. The
outlet is the Wisconsin River. Fish inhabiting this lake are
muskellunge, northern pike, perch, largemouth bass, bluegill, black
crappie and pumpkinseed. There is little information available on
waterfowl, but conditions suggest a high probability of spring andfall
migration usage. The water control structure, called King's Dam, is
owned by the Tomahawk Power Company and has a head of 23 feet. Public
access is available with parking at a town boat landing, by navigable
water via the Wisconsin River, and from an unimproved or difficult
landing at the end of a town road. Commercial facilities consist of 22
resorts, and 2 boat rentals. There are 183 private dwellings on the
lake.

Date  1982

Author   Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin

Condition

Wisconsin has over 84,000 miles of streams, 15,000 lakes and milllions of acres of wetlands. Assessing the condition of this vast amount of water is challenging. The state's water monitoring program uses a media-based, cross-program approach to analyze water condition. An updated monitoring strategy (2015-2020) is now available. Compliance with Clean Water Act fishable, swimmable standards are located in the Executive Summary of Water Condition in 2018. See also the 'monitoring and projects' tab.

Reports

Recommendations

Management Goals

Wisconsin's Water Quality Standards provide qualitative and quantitative goals for waters that are protective of Fishable, Swimmable conditions [Learn more]. Waters that do not meet water quality standards are considered impaired and restoration actions are planned and carried out until the water is once again fishable and swimmable

Management goals can include creation or implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load analysis, a Nine Key Element Plan, or other restoration work, education and outreach and more. If specific recommendations exist for this water, they will be displayed below online.

Monitoring

Monitoring the condition of a river, stream, or lake includes gathering physical, chemical, biological, and habitat data. Comprehensive studies often gather all these parameters in great detail, while lighter assessment events will involve sampling physical, chemical and biological data such as macroinvertebrates. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fish communities integrate watershed or catchment condition, providing great insight into overall ecosystem health. Chemical and habitat parameters tell researchers more about human induced problems including contaminated runoff, point source dischargers, or habitat issues that foster or limit the potential of aquatic communities to thrive in a given area. Wisconsin's Water Monitoring Strategy was recenty updated.

Grants and Management Projects

Monitoring Projects

Watershed Characteristics

Lake Alice is located in the Noisy and Pine Creeks watershed which is 179.35 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (59.60%), wetland (28.70%) and a mix of grassland (3.60%) and other uses (8.10%). This watershed has 175.54 stream miles, 2,718.23 lake acres and 25,929.55 wetland acres.

Nonpoint Source Characteristics

This watershed is ranked High for runoff impacts on streams, High for runoff impacts on lakes and Low for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of Low. This value can be used in ranking the watershed or individual waterbodies for grant funding under state and county programs.However, all waters are affected by diffuse pollutant sources regardless of initial water quality. Applications for specific runoff projects under state or county grant programs may be pursued. For more information, go to surface water program grants.