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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Goose Lake, in the Lower Namekagon River Watershed, is a 58.01 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
Goose Lake, T39N, R13W, Section 14, 15, Surface Acres-70.2, Maximum
Depth-11 feet, M.P.A.-6 ppm, Secchi Disk-5 feet
A soft water, seepage lake, it is landlocked and subject to an
occasional complete winterkill of fish. Years of recorded occurrences
are 1956 and 1965. The present fishery is probably made up of northern
pike, largemouth bass, and bluegills. About two feet of fluctuations
occur in water level depths and contribute to winterkill conditions. The
lake has two basins separated by a shallow channel. The north basin is
only six feet in maximum depth and has an abundance of floating aquatic
vegetation. The lower basin has eleven feet of depth and has a large
amount of steep shoreline. The latter's shore is upland except near the
channel while nearly half the shore of the north basin is bordered by
scattered marsh and a tamarack and leatherleaf bog along the east shore.
A total of 330 acres of wetlands adjoin the lake. The water color is
light brown stained. Three small islands are found in the upper basin.
Mallards and teal nest around the lake and a significant number of other
type ducks, coot and Canada geese use the lake during spring and fall
migrations. The only private development is one cottage off the south
end of the lake. A public access with limited parking is located on the
west side. Public frontage amounts to 0.23 mile of county, town and
federal lands.
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
Monitoring Projects
| WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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| 2466400 | Goose Lake | 10018193 | Goose Lake -- Access at North Side Of Lake | 11/13/2006 | 11/13/2006 | Map | Data |
| 2466400 | Goose Lake | 664012 | Goose Lake - Goose Lake | 7/19/1979 | 7/19/1979 | Map | Data |
| 2466400 | Goose Lake | 10006914 | Goose Lake | 9/5/2000 | 9/15/2015 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Goose Lake is located in the Lower Namekagon River watershed which is 239.34 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (73.10%), wetland (15.20%) and a mix of open (7.40%) and other uses (4.40%). This watershed has 172.53 stream miles, 12,590.30 lake acres and 21,781.64 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.