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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Red Lake, in the Brill and Red Cedar Rivers Watershed, is a 38.49 acre lake that falls in Washburn County. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source: 1978, Surface Water Resources of Washburn County Red Lake, T37N, R10W, Section 5, 8,
A soft water, seepage lake that is part of a landlocked chain of three lakes, with Bass and Loon Lakes in the Birchwood Area. It is an elongated, single-basined lake that is among the four deepest lakes of the county. It has a fishery of mostly bluegills, perch and black crappies, but also has a few northern pike and largemouth bass. The lake water is medium brown stained with accompanying shallow light penetration. The mean depth is 22 feet but 48 percent of the lake surface has depths of over 20 feet. Littoral bottom types are mostly hard materials of gravel and some sand and boulder, with only five percent muck-bottomed off the wetlands. Several sedge meadow wetlands are scattered around the lake and a large willow swamp drains into it from the northeast. A total of 12 acres of wetlands adjoin the lake. Aquatic vegetation is typical of this type of soft water lake with white water lily, watershield and myriophyllum being the most common species. Much of the upland shore that covers 90 percent of the shoreline is wooded with mixed hardwoods and scattered pine and is also steeply sloping lakeshore. Furbearer use is not significant in numbers. A few mallards and wood ducks are raised here each year and a large number of other migratory ducks and coots use the lake in spring and fall. There is no private lakeshore development. The entire lake lies in the Washburn County Forest and all its frontage is in public ownership. Access is by an unimproved trail to the east shore of the lake.
Surface Acres-41.3, Maximum Depth-75 feet, M.P.A.-10 ppm, Secchi Disk-4 feet
Date 1978
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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| 1876500 | Red Lake | 664025 | Red Lake - Red Lake | 7/24/1979 | 7/24/1979 | Map | Data |
| 1876500 | Red Lake | 10006765 | Red Lake | 9/5/2000 | 10/3/2016 | Map | Data |
| 1876500 | Red Lake | 10018101 | Red Lake -- Access | 8/25/2004 | 6/2/2011 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Red Lake is located in the Brill and Red Cedar Rivers watershed which is 297.68 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (49.40%), agricultural (20.30%) and a mix of grassland (10.70%) and other uses (19.60%). This watershed has 264.90 stream miles, 6,282.34 lake acres and 15,832.05 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Medium for runoff impacts on streams, Medium for runoff impacts on lakes and High for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of High. 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.