Florence
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No
Yes
Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Sand Lake is a very soft water seepage lake having slightly acid, clear water of high transparency. Littoral material is primarily sand with small amounts of gravel, rubble, and boulders. The shoreline is predominantly upland (65 percent) consisting of hardwoods and conifers with a wetland (35 percent) of coniferous bog. Known fish species inhabiting this lake are walleye, largemouth bass, perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, black crappie, rainbow trout, white sucker and forage species. The lake is managed primarily for rainbow trout. Waterfowl make limited use of this lake. The Town of Homestead provides public access with parking. Twelve dwellings are located on the shoreline.
Source: 1971, Surface Water Resources of Florence County Sand Lake, T38N, R18E, Section 21 Surface Acres-51.6, Secchi Disc-15 feet, Maximum Depth-65 feet.
Date 1971
Author Aquatic Biologist
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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| 591600 | Sand Lake | 10002339 | Sand Lake | 7/27/1999 | 7/15/2022 | Map | Data |
| 591600 | Sand Lake | 193008 | Sand Lake - Deepest Area | 8/27/2008 | 8/12/2013 | Map | Data |
| 591600 | Sand Lake | 10020071 | Sand Lake -- Access | 5/28/2023 | 7/28/2023 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Sand Lake is located in the Pemebonwon and Middle Menominee Rivers watershed which is 290.80 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (64.30%), wetland (25.90%) and a mix of grassland (6.20%) and other uses (3.70%). This watershed has 341.53 stream miles, 1,078.33 lake acres and 37,891.92 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Unknown for runoff impacts on streams, Unknown for runoff impacts on lakes and Unknown for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of Unknown. 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.