Marquette, Waushara
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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Pleasant Lake, in the Mecan River Watershed, is a 120.14 acre lake that falls in Marquette and Waushara Counties. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source: 1970, Surface Water Resources of Waushara County Pleasant Lake T-18-N, R-8-E, Section 33 Surface Acres = 126.5; S.D.F.= 1.53; Maximum Depth = 30 feet.
A large, hard water seepage lake located four miles southwest of Coloma. This lake has a fairly deep basin with roughly fifty percent of its area greater then 20 feet deep. The littoral bottom materials are primarily sand and marl. Fish species include northern pike, perch, largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, pumpkinseed, and warmouth bass. Black ducks nest here and significant numbers of ducks, coot and Canada geese use the lake during annual migrations. Hunting is allowed, but pressure is normally light. There are 82 cottages or dwellings on the lake, 2 resorts and 3 boat rental places. There is a public access on the north side of the lake with substantial parking. There is also a park with picnic tables present.
Date 1970
Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin
General Condition
Pleasant Lake (106900) was assessed during the 2016 listing cycle; total phosphorus and chlorophyll sample data were clearly below 2016 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Recreation use and Fish and Aquatic Life use. This water was also assessed for chlorides and sample data were clearly below 2016 WisCALM chronic and acute listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use. This water is meeting these designated uses and is not considered impaired.
Date 2015
Author Ashley Beranek
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
Best Management Practices, Implement
Pleasant Lake Improvement Corporation proposes to implement their stormwater runoff control plan. The project diverts the runoff and it's associated sediments and pollutants away from Pleasant Lake and into a sand discharge area.
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
| WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10007407 | Pleasant Lake | 7/27/1999 | 9/28/2020 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10046679 | Phragmites Occurrence - Pleasant Lake | 7/15/2015 | 9/30/2017 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10056277 | Pleasant Lake - P2 (Application Area) | 6/3/2022 | 6/10/2022 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10030912 | Pleasant Lake -- 4th Ave. Canoe Launch | | | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10045739 | Phragmites occurrence 2137 - Pleasant Lake | | | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 703057 | Pleasant Lake - Deep Hole | 6/23/1991 | 10/18/2024 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10056279 | Pleasant Lake - P5 (NE End) | 6/5/2022 | 6/5/2022 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10056278 | Pleasant Lake - P4 (SW End) | 6/4/2022 | 6/5/2022 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10019209 | Pleasant Lake -- Access at North Side Lake End Of 3rd Dr. | 7/9/1964 | 10/17/2019 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10056276 | Pleasant Lake - P1 (Application Area) | 6/3/2022 | 6/10/2022 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 703059 | Pleasant Lake - Along South Shore | 1/31/1994 | 9/23/1996 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10048483 | Pleasant Lake - Staff Gage | 6/20/2017 | 8/15/2017 | Map | Data |
| 106900 | Pleasant Lake | 10040973 | Pleasant Lake - Monitoring Well | 8/12/2013 | 8/1/2017 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Pleasant Lake is located in the Mecan River watershed which is 148.31 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (48.40%), agricultural (21.30%) and a mix of wetland (20.30%) and other uses (10.00%). This watershed has 166.56 stream miles, 1,837.44 lake acres and 18,622.87 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Not Ranked for runoff impacts on streams, Not Ranked 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.