Twin Lake, North, Lower Namekagon River Watershed (SC19)
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Twin Lake, North, Lower Namekagon River Watershed (SC19)
Twin Lake, North (2485900)
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98.31 Acres
Natural Community
Shallow Seepage
Year Last Monitored
2025
Excellent
 
Washburn
Trout Water 
No
Outstanding or Exceptional 
No
Impaired Water 
No

Fish and Aquatic Life

Current Use
Shallow Seepage
Attainable Use
Default FAL
Designated Use
Default FAL

Overview

Twin Lake, North, in the Lower Namekagon River Watershed, is a 98.31 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

North Twin Lake, T41, 42N, R13W, Section 12, 35, 36, Surface Acres-113.0,
Maximum Depth-20 feet, M.P.A.-26 ppm, Secchi Disk-10 feet

A soft water, seepage lake in a chain of three lakes. They are
landlocked and have connecting boat channels with South Twin Lake and
Middle Lake. The fishery of North Twin Lake includes walleyes northern
pike, largemouth bass, slow-growing bluegills, black crappies,
pumpkinseeds, perch, bullheads, white suckers, common shiners, golden
shiners, and fathead minnows. Eighty-five percent of the lakeshore is
steeply sloped, but wooded with oak and jack pine. The littoral bottom
types are 95 percent sand and 5 percent muck off the small marsh bay at
the northeast end of the lake. Aquatic vegetation growth is moderate.
The lake is single-basined with a rather regular shape. The lake water
is clear. Its mean depth is six feet. A few mallards and teal nest
around the lake. Muskrats are present in fair numbers. There are 2
resorts and 17 cottages on the lakeshore. The Town of Chicog maintains
an access with a limited parking area on the lake's west end
near the channel to Middle Lake. The access site is the extent of
the public frontage here.

Date  1978

Author   Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin

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This is the most recent date of monitoring data stored in SWIMS. Additional surveys for fish and habitat may be available subsequent to this date.
Trout Waters are represented by Class I, Class II or Class III waters. These classes have specific ecological characteristics and management actions associated with them. For more information regarding Trout Classifications, see the Fisheries Trout Class Webpages.
Wisconsin has designated many of the state's highest quality waters as Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) or Exceptional Resource Waters (ERWs). Waters designated as ORW or ERW are surface waters which provide outstanding recreational opportunities, support valuable fisheries and wildlife habitat, have good water quality, and are not significantly impacted by human activities. ORW and ERW status identifies waters that the State of Wisconsin has determined warrant additional protection from the effects of pollution. These designations are intended to meet federal Clean Water Act obligations requiring Wisconsin to adopt an 'antidegradation' policy that is designed to prevent any lowering of water quality - especially in those waters having significant ecological or cultural value.
A water is polluted or 'impaired' if it does not support full use by humans, wildlife, fish and other aquatic life and it is shown that one or more of the pollutant criteria are not met.
The use the water currently supports. This is not a designation or classification; it is based on the current condition of the water. Information in this column is not designed for, and should not be used for, regulatory purposes.
Shallow seepage lake describes the depth and location of the lake in a watershed. These variables affect the lakes response to watershed variables.
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Fish and Aquatic Life - Default Waters do not have a specific use designation subcategory but are considered fishable, swimmable waters.
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Fish and Aquatic Life - Default Waters do not have a specific use designation subcategory but are considered fishable, swimmable waters.