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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Pavlas Lake, in the Shell Lake and Upper Yellow River Watershed, is a 44.15 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
This 44 acre seepage lake experiences periodic algae blooms that may be related to runoff
problems from a relatively small watershed. A feasibility study to assess the lake and watershed
conditions would be desireable. Organization of the lakeshore community and the recruitment
of a self-help volunteer would be the logical first steps.
Date 1992
Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin
Historical Description
Source: 1978, Surface Water Resources of Washburn County
Pavlas Lake, T37N, R11W, Section 6, 7, Surface Acres-44.2, Maximum
Depth-45 feet, M.P.A.-10 ppm, Secchi Disk-7 feet
A soft water, seepage lake located a mile east of Sarona. It is a
long, narrow lake lying on a north and south axis. The two basins of the
lake are separated by an eleven foot depth of water. The north basin is
about 20 feet deep while the large south one has 45 feet of depth. The
fishery includes walleyes, northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegills,
black crappies, pumpkinseeds, perch, brown bullheads, yellow bullheads,
and white suckers. Nearly one-half of the lake's watershed is in
agricultural land use, making it unlike most lakes in the county. The
immediate lakeshore use and cover is 55 percent wooded with hardwoods, 40
percent pastured or cultivated, and 5 percent developed. Small sedge
meadows are located at the north and south ends with a total area of
three acres. The littoral bottom is 85 percent gravel, 10 percent
boulder and 5 percent muck. The water, though quite transparent in
quality, tends to become turbid in midsummer. Aquatic vegetation growth
is moderate along the shore fringe and species composition is indicative
of soft water lakes.
Watershield and white water lilies are common floating species, and
along shore there are spike rushes, cattail and Alisma. Furbearer use is
minor but a few mallards and wood ducks are raised here each year. Other
migratory waterfowl use is small. Private lakeshore development is
limited to one cottage on the immediate shore. The only public frontage
is the Town of Long Lake accesssite on the west shore that has only
limited parking space available.
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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| 2488100 | Pavlas Lake | 664024 | Pavlas Lake - Pavlas Lake | 7/15/1979 | 7/15/1979 | Map | Data |
| 2488100 | Pavlas Lake | 10018066 | Pavlas Lake -- Access | 8/18/2006 | 9/2/2007 | Map | Data |
| 2488100 | Pavlas Lake | 10006949 | Pavlas Lake | 9/5/2000 | 10/3/2016 | Map | Data |
| 2488100 | Pavlas Lake | 663141 | Pavlas Lake - Deep Hole | 8/8/1992 | 9/13/2015 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Pavlas Lake is located in the Shell Lake and Upper Yellow River watershed which is 166.67 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (56.10%), agricultural (12.10%) and a mix of grassland (11%) and other uses (20.70%). This watershed has 118.54 stream miles, 5,764.04 lake acres and 9,834.60 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.