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Chippewa County Lake Quality

Wisconsin, 53 lakes, measured by Wisconsin DNR

Chippewa County in Wisconsin carries 53 monitored lakes — one of the lake-richer counties in our dataset. Coverage that dense usually reflects active lake-association sampling alongside state-agency monitoring. 7 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Chippewa County the spread behind the average matters more than the average itself: a few nutrient-rich lakes among many clear ones produce the same figure as the inverse.

The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the readings sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest measured lake is Round Lake.

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Fishing in Chippewa County

Chippewa County Fishing Guide

Fish species and the cleanest lakes in Chippewa County

DNR Reports (5)

Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Survey resources for lakes in Chippewa County. browse all reports →

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

All Lakes in Chippewa County

53 lakes · 7 ranked on readings, 46 without enough sampling7 lakes ranked on readings · 46 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicMax DepthAccess
1Round LakeChippewa8.4 ft18.1 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples18 ft✓ Public
2Two Island LakeChippewa15.3 ft14.8 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples38 ft✓ Public
3Long LakeChippewa13.1 ft12.4 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples101 ft✓ Public
4Axhandle LakeChippewa10.2 ft14 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples72.5 ft✓ Public
5Loon LakeChippewa4.9 ft32.1 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples9 ft✓ Public
6Holcombe Flowage LakeChippewa3.7 ft49.6 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
7Lake WissotaChippewa3.5 ft76.4 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples64.4 ft✓ Public
Chain LakeChippewa8.2 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples74 ft✓ Public
Beaver LakeChippewaNo recent samples20.1 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples17 ft✓ Public
Moon Bay LakeChippewa3.7 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples64.4 ft✓ Public
Unnamed LakeChippewa1.9 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Hallie LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples13 ft✓ Public
Jacks LakeChippewa8 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples55 ft✓ Public
Calkins LakeChippewaNo recent samples22.3 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samples29 ftNot recorded
Chapman LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples9 ftNot recorded
Pike LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples37 ft✓ Public
Firth LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples22 ft✓ Public
Long LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples16 ftNot recorded
Picnic LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples62 ftNot recorded
Plummer LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples28 ft✓ Public
Horseshoe LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples23 ftNot recorded
Town Line LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples26 ft✓ Public
O'Neil Creek Flowage Number OneChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Rock LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples35 ftNot recorded
Bob LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples68 ft✓ Public
Clear LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples15 ftNot recorded
Mary Jane LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples18 ftNot recorded
Hemlock LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples17 ftNot recorded
Marsh-Miller LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples14 ftNot recorded
Cornell LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples39 ft✓ Public
Finley LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples27 ftNot recorded
Popple LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples25 ft✓ Public
Old Abe LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples36 ftNot recorded
Pheffercorn LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples4 ftNot recorded
Jim LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples20 ftNot recorded
Howe LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples39 ftNot recorded
Upper Twin LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples27 ftNot recorded
Boot LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples14 ftNot recorded
South Shattuck LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples25 ft✓ Public
North Shattuck LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples52 ft✓ Public
Tilden MillpondChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples11 ft✓ Public
Glen Lock LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples17 ft✓ Public
Silver LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples75 ftNot recorded
Salisbury LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples10 ftNot recorded
Bass LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples23 ftNot recorded
Larrabee LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples35 ftNot recorded
Hodge LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples33 ftNot recorded
Riley LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples23 ftNot recorded
Foster LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples20 ftNot recorded
Henneman LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples60 ft✓ Public
Lowers LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples4 ftNot recorded
Wesley LakeChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples10 ftNot recorded
Holcombe FlowageChippewaNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples62 ft✓ Public

NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.

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