Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake

On the LakeGrade scale Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake grades a B, with clarity at 19.0 ft and 29 µg/L of phosphorus placing it above the Wisconsin median. Sub-grades cluster within a single letter of each other, which usually means the lake is in stable trophic balance rather than fighting one specific stressor.

The lake sits in the mesotrophic zone — the band where most well-managed Wisconsin lakes fall. Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake is unusually deep for Wisconsin at 92 ft, which buffers the lake against summer warming and helps the deep water stay oxygenated. Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake covers 14,593 acres alongside partial shoreline records, large enough that conditions can vary meaningfully between bays. Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake ranks 41 of 52 in Sawyer County — at the lower end of the locally monitored distribution.

Eurasian watermilfoil is established at Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake, which can dampen recreational access and pressure the native plant community. Walleye are documented at Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake, one of 8 fish species on record for the lake. A documented public access point at Chippewa Flowage -Pokegema Lake makes the lake usable for shore fishing, paddle craft, and trailered boats. Multiple sampling years from the Wisconsin DNR Citizen Lake Monitoring Network back the grade, so the letter should hold steady absent a major watershed shift.