Little Crawling Stone Lake

Little Crawling Stone Lake earns an A — water clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a all rate among the best monitored waters in Vilas County. The three sub-grades — clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a — track close together, so no single parameter is dragging the average.

A TSI value of 29 puts Little Crawling Stone Lake in the oligotrophic range, where biological productivity stays low and the water column remains clear. A maximum depth of 44 ft puts Little Crawling Stone Lake in the middle of Wisconsin's depth distribution. At 113 acres, Little Crawling Stone Lake fits the Wisconsin median for monitored lakes, with partial shoreline records. Little Crawling Stone Lake ranks 20 of 202 in Vilas County, putting it in the upper tier of locally monitored lakes.

Little Crawling Stone Lake has at least one documented invasive species (Banded Mystery Snail), so boaters and anglers should observe clean-drain-dry steps when leaving the lake. The fishery includes walleye alongside the lake's other 6 documented species — a notable draw for Wisconsin anglers. Public access is available — the lake is on the Wisconsin DNR public-access list. Monitoring depth is thin here: the LakeGrade rubric is applied to a small number of sample years, and the grade will be revised as more data accumulates.