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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Spring Lake, in the Trego Lake - Middle Namekagon River Watershed, is a 204.32 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
Spring Lake is a 211 acre seepage lake with good water quality. The lakeshore community has
just started a lake association and a volunteer started collecting water quality data in 1990. The
initiation of steps leading to a lake management plan would be desireable.
Date 1992
Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin
Historical Description
Source: 1978, Surface Water Resources of Washburn County Spring Lake, T40N, R11W, Section 25, 26, Surface Acres-211.0, Maximum Depth-24 feet, M.P.A.-28 ppm, Secchi Disk-13 feet A soft water, landlocked seepage lake with a fishery of northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegills, pumpkinseeds, perch, rockbass, bullheads, and white suckers. Ninety percent of the lakeshore is partly wooded with pine and hardwoods. A 98 acre bog and sedge meadow is located off the south end of the lake. The single lake basin has a shallow, sandy shoal area near the north end. The water depth is about two feet over it and allows emergent sedges to grow on it. Muck bottom is found along the south end of the lake, otherwise the lakeshore has a sandy littoral zone. Aquatic vegetation growth is found around much of the lake edge but is present only in moderate amounts. Roads parallel the lake on all but the south end. Muskrats are common and nesting ducks include mallards, teal, wood ducks, and coot. A public access is located on the west shore. Private lakeshore development includes a resort and 18 cottages and year-around homes. The Town of Spring Brook access site is the only public frontage.
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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| 2498600 | Spring Lake | 663140 | Spring Lake - Deep Hole | 6/13/1989 | 8/30/2022 | Map | Data |
| 2498600 | Spring Lake | 10018046 | Spring Lake -- Access Nr Edgerton Rd And Willers Rd | 5/24/2005 | 8/25/2022 | Map | Data |
| 2498600 | Spring Lake | 10006718 | Spring Lake | 10/4/1994 | 9/12/2017 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Spring Lake is located in the Trego Lake - Middle Namekagon River watershed which is 268.89 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (69.80%), wetland (17.60%) and a mix of grassland (5.80%) and other uses (6.70%). This watershed has 217.96 stream miles, 4,463.49 lake acres and 28,205.13 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Not Ranked for runoff impacts on streams, Not Ranked 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.