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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
North Lake, in the Lake Chippewa Watershed, is a 132.16 acre lake that falls in Sawyer County. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source: 1969, Surface Water Resources of Sawyer County North Lake, T42N, R7W, Section 14, 15
A hard water, drainage lake with an outlet channel to Fawn Lake in the Spider Lake chain. Its fish population consists of muskellunge, walleye, largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, rock bass, pumpkinseed, and perch. Occasionally a partial winterkill of fish occur. The northwest shore and much of the east shore is shrub swamp. The remaining shoreline vegetation is upland hardwood and pine. The extensive adjoining wetlands of 200 plus acres provides nesting habitat for ducks and loon. Rooted aquatic vegetation is abundant. Fifteen cottages are situated along the southwest shore. There is no public access road, however, access is possible through the outlet channel. Of the 2.5 miles is in state ownership. Fast boating is regulated by local town ordinance, and restricted to the mid-day hours.
Surface Acres = 129.0, Maximum Depth = 29 feet, M.P.A. = 66 ppm, Secchi Disk = 10 feet
Date 1969
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
Recommendations
Educate and engage residents
The Town of Spider Lake proposes to develop a Comprehensive Land Use Plan to guide the community in establishing the long range goals, Town ordinances, and the organization of Town Government and citizen groups to protect and enhance the quality of water in our lakes and the natural lake ecosystems.
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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| 2436000 | North Lake | 583102 | Spider Lake - North Lake - Deep Hole | 6/18/1989 | 9/22/2024 | Map | Data |
| 2436000 | North Lake | 10005661 | North Lake | 9/5/2000 | 9/12/2017 | Map | Data |
| 2436000 | North Lake | 584018 | North Lake - North Lake | 8/1/1979 | 8/1/1979 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
North Lake is located in the Lake Chippewa watershed which is 182.90 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (69.10%), open (16.50%) and a mix of wetland (12.70%) and other uses (1.60%). This watershed has 117.68 stream miles, 4,827.59 lake acres and 14,304.38 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Low for runoff impacts on streams, Low 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.