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There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
Franklin Lake is an 839-acre (3.40 km 2) lake located in Forest County, Wisconsin, with a maximum depth of 46 feet (14 m). The lake is located in the middle of the Nicolet National Forest . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Fish species reported by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources include panfish , smallmouth bass , walleye , largemouth bass and ...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin charged with conserving and managing Wisconsin's natural resources. [3] The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has the authority to set policy for the WDNR. The WDNR is led by the Secretary, who is appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin. [4]
Little Cedar Lake is a lake in Southeastern Wisconsin; United States. It is located at the geographic center of Washington County , in the Town of West Bend , and Town of Polk . The lake covers an area of 246 acres (1 km 2 ), has a shoreline of 4.5 miles (7 km), and reaches a maximum depth of 56 feet (17 m). [ 1 ]
Castle Rock Lake had a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the summer of 2009, the likely cause was phosphorus runoff. [20] There are Environmental Protection Agency and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources projects in place to create solutions that will lower the rate of phosphorus pollution into the waterways. [20]
Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2). It was created in 1948 by the Wisconsin River Power Company with the construction of a dam across the Wisconsin River near Necedah. [1] It has a maximum depth of 42 feet (13 m) and is used for water skiing, sailing and fishing.
Birch Lake has a maximum depth of 70 ft (21 m) deep and is 468 acres (189 ha). The lake is surrounded by pine trees and it has no public boat launch. [1] The United States Forest Service surveyed the lake in 1938 and they measured 4.5 mi (7.2 km) of shoreline.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).