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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Deer Lake, in the Elk River Watershed, is a 142.51 acre lake that falls in Price County. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source: 1983, Surface Water Resources of Price County Deer Lake, T37N-T38N, RIE, Section 6, 31
An acid bog lake, Deer Lake has an estimated outlet flow to Deer Creek of 0.5 ft(3)sec. The lake contains a 23-acre island located in the north half. The fish population consists of muskellunge, northern pike, walleyes, perch, largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappies, pumpkinseeds, black bullheads, yellow bullheads, white suckers and a few minnow species. Four separate tamarack-leatherleaf-spruce bogs make up 70% of the shoreline while upland makes up the remaining 30%. The littoral bottom is mainly gravel and muck with a trace of rubble on the east side. Aquatic is abundant and extends far out into the lake. Duck use is common, both for nesting and during migratory flights. However, furbearer use is insignificant, with only a few muskrats present. Private development consists of 1 resort, which has a boat rental, and 11 cottages or homes. The Town of Worchester provides a good public boat landing on the south side of the lake, and 0.44 mile of the 2.38 miles of shoreline is owned by the Town of Worchester.
Surface Area= 144.8 acres, Maximum Depth = 18 ft, MPA = 29 ppm, Secchi disk = 7 ft
Date 1983
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
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
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Monitoring Projects
| WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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| 2239100 | Deer Lake | 513136 | Deer Lake - Deep Hole | 4/26/2000 | 9/26/2005 | Map | Data |
| 2239100 | Deer Lake | 10005204 | Deer Lake (Price Co) | 8/29/2000 | 9/21/2017 | Map | Data |
| 2239100 | Deer Lake | 10014924 | Deer Lake - Boat Ramp | | | Map | Data |
| 2239100 | Deer Lake | 10019642 | Deer Lake -- Access at S End Lake - Deer Park Ln | | | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Deer Lake is located in the Elk River watershed which is 261.12 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (51.70%), wetland (37.40%) and a mix of grassland (4.70%) and other uses (6.20%). This watershed has 254.00 stream miles, 2,883.84 lake acres and 49,382.72 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Not Ranked for runoff impacts on streams, Low 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.