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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
Silver Lake (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) Siskiwit Lake (Wisconsin) Skunk Lake; South Twin Lake (Wisconsin) Sparkling Lake (Wisconsin) Spirit Lake (Price County, Wisconsin) Spring Lake (Waushara County, Wisconsin) Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin) Steele Lake (Wisconsin) Straight Lake State Park; Summit Lake (Langlade County, Wisconsin)
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 ).
Vilas County has more lakes than any other county in Wisconsin, [1] with 563 named and 755 unnamed lakes covering 93,889 acres. Lac Vieux Desert near Phelps, at 4017 acres, is the largest. Named lakes are listed below. Alternate names are indicated in parentheses. [1]
There are 242 named lakes in Marinette County, Wisconsin, along with 200 with no names. Together they make up 13,735 acres of surface area. Noquebay Lake, at 2,409 acres, is the largest. [1] Named lakes are listed below. Alternate names are indicated in parentheses. [1]
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) advises the WDNR and Natural Resources Board on managing the state's natural resources. The WCC is composed of citizen-elected delegates including five members of an executive committee, 22 members of a district leadership council, 360 county delegates (five per county), and the general public. [23]
There are 428 named lakes in Oneida County, Wisconsin, along with 701 with no names. Together they make up 68,447 acres of surface area. Willow Flowage, at 6,306 acres, is the largest. Oneida County is the county with the second largest number of lakes in Wisconsin, after neighboring Vilas County. [1] Named lakes are listed below.
Location map of Wisconsin State Forests. A Wisconsin state forest is an area of forest in the U.S. state of Wisconsin managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry. They are managed for outdoor recreation, watershed and habitat preservation, and sustainable forestry.