What lakes are in the Chippewa River Watershed?

419 monitored lakes drain through the Chippewa River Watershed, including Lac Courte Oreilles Lake, Whitefish Lake, Round Lake, and others. The watershed spans Wisconsin.

What is the cleanest lake in the Chippewa River Watershed?

Lac Courte Oreilles Lake in Sawyer County has the most favourable nutrient and algae readings in the Chippewa River Watershed, with about 12.2 ft of clarity.

What is a HUC8 watershed?

HUC8 (Hydrologic Unit Code, 8-digit) is the USGS classification for "subbasins" — the level at which major named river systems are usually identified. The Chippewa River Watershed corresponds to HUC8 07050001.

Chippewa River Watershed, Lakes & Water Quality

The Chippewa River basin draining north-central Wisconsin, including the Hayward Lakes and Chippewa Flowage — world-class musky destination.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 26, 2026

Counties in this watershed

Sawyer, Washburn, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin, Buffalo, Rusk, Taylor

Monitored Lakes (419)

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Area	Depth
1	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	Sawyer	12.2 ft	5,139 acres	90 ft
2	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	13.5 ft	800 acres	105 ft
3	Round Lake	Sawyer	21.1 ft	3,294 acres	74 ft
4	Indian Lake	Sawyer	6.5 ft	76 acres	9 ft
5	Christner Lake	Sawyer	12 ft	36 acres	16 ft
6	Sand Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	949 acres	50 ft
7	Ashegon Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	75 acres	56 ft
8	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	14.8 ft	292 acres	29 ft
9	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	17.3 ft	179 acres	38 ft
10	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	16 ft	214 acres	32 ft
11	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	17.4 ft	3,176 acres	60 ft
12	Lost Lake	Sawyer	10.6 ft	51 acres	13 ft
13	Durphee Lake	Sawyer	8.1 ft	-	-
14	Spider Lake	Sawyer	10.5 ft	1,194 acres	64 ft
15	Balsam Lake	Washburn	8.8 ft	-	-
16	Round Lake	Chippewa	8.4 ft	216 acres	18 ft
17	Deep Lake	Washburn	7.5 ft	43 acres	25 ft
18	Bass Lake	Washburn	16 ft	132 acres	31 ft
19	Callahan Lake	Sawyer	10.6 ft	138 acres	18 ft
20	Clear Lake	Sawyer	17.3 ft	77 acres	32 ft
21	Clear Lake	Rusk	13.7 ft	94 acres	74 ft
22	Two Island Lake	Chippewa	15.3 ft	29 acres	38 ft
23	Long Lake	Washburn	9.5 ft	3,290 acres	-
24	Long Lake	Chippewa	13.1 ft	936 acres	101 ft
25	Nelson Lake	Sawyer	5 ft	2,503 acres	-
26	Stone Lake	Washburn	23 ft	490 acres	49 ft
27	Island Lake	Rusk	7.7 ft	543 acres	54 ft
28	Mud Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	464 acres	15 ft
29	North Twin Lake	Washburn	9 ft	-	-
30	Lower Mckenzie Lake	Washburn	11 ft	-	-
31	Lake Esadore	Taylor	4.5 ft	48 acres	36 ft
32	Shell Lake	Washburn	16 ft	2,513 acres	36 ft
33	Bean Lake	Washburn	10 ft	100 acres	35 ft
34	Tiger Cat Flowage Lake	Sawyer	10.8 ft	819 acres	30 ft
35	Horseshoe Lake	Washburn	13 ft	177 acres	21 ft
36	Windigo Lake	Sawyer	11 ft	503 acres	51 ft
37	Tozer Lake	Washburn	16 ft	35 acres	53 ft
38	Mclain Lake	Washburn	9.5 ft	143 acres	30 ft
39	Lake of the Pines	Sawyer	8 ft	-	-
40	Middle Kimball Lake	Washburn	16 ft	96 acres	77 ft
41	Little Sissabagama Lake	Sawyer	12.2 ft	308 acres	75 ft
42	Matthews Lake	Washburn	13.3 ft	267 acres	26 ft
43	Lake Nancy	Washburn	14 ft	757 acres	39 ft
44	South Twin Lake	Washburn	14 ft	106 acres	29 ft
45	Gilmore Lake	Washburn	10 ft	371 acres	36 ft
46	Connors Lake	Sawyer	11 ft	-	-
47	Upper Kimball Lake	Washburn	10 ft	42 acres	11 ft
48	Axhandle Lake	Chippewa	10.2 ft	86 acres	72.5 ft
49	Teal Lake	Sawyer	6.6 ft	1,024 acres	31 ft
50	Lake Placid	Sawyer	15 ft	178 acres	30 ft
51	Richter Lake	Taylor	10 ft	43 acres	50 ft
52	Big Mckenzie Lake	Washburn	10 ft	1,129 acres	71 ft
53	Lower Kimball Lake	Washburn	6 ft	125 acres	6 ft
54	Lost Land Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	1,264 acres	21 ft
55	Barber Lake	Sawyer	10.3 ft	138 acres	21 ft
56	Sissabagama Lake	Sawyer	8 ft	805 acres	48 ft
57	Spooner Lake	Washburn	6.5 ft	1,132 acres	17 ft
58	Slim Lake	Washburn	15.7 ft	210 acres	42 ft
59	Burns Lake	Sawyer	11.5 ft	41 acres	9 ft
60	Yellow River Flowage Lake	Washburn	10 ft	85 acres	17 ft
61	Billy Boy Flowage Lake	Sawyer	-	221 acres	46 ft
62	Green Lake	Sawyer	4.7 ft	50 acres	9 ft
63	Birch Lake	Washburn	5.5 ft	364 acres	73 ft
64	Pike Lake	Sawyer	7.6 ft	42 acres	17 ft
65	Potato Lake	Washburn	9.9 ft	224 acres	20 ft
66	Minong Flowage Lake	Washburn	3.5 ft	1,587 acres	21 ft
67	Loon Lake	Chippewa	4.9 ft	134 acres	9 ft
68	Spring Lake	Sawyer	8.9 ft	202 acres	18 ft
69	Moose Lake	Sawyer	2 ft	1,559 acres	21 ft
70	Chippewa Flowage -North of Cranberry Bars Lake	Sawyer	4.9 ft	14,593 acres	92 ft
71	Amacoy Lake	Rusk	4.5 ft	283 acres	20 ft
72	Lower Clam Lake	Sawyer	5.5 ft	214 acres	30 ft
73	Gurno Lake	Sawyer	10 ft	76 acres	27 ft
74	Kekegama Lake	Washburn	5.2 ft	128 acres	24 ft
75	Murphy Flowage Lake	Rusk	-	169 acres	14 ft
76	Altoona Lake	Eau Claire	3 ft	720 acres	25 ft
77	Holcombe Flowage Lake	Chippewa	3.7 ft	4,300 acres	-
78	Spirit Lake	Taylor	3 ft	137 acres	9 ft
79	Chequamegon Waters Flowage Lake	Taylor	2.5 ft	2,366 acres	22 ft
80	Lake Wissota	Chippewa	3.5 ft	6,148 acres	64.4 ft
81	Eau Claire Lake	Eau Claire	2.8 ft	870 acres	25 ft
82	Lake Chetac	Sawyer	-	2,400 acres	26 ft
83	Birch Lake	Sawyer	-	364 acres	73 ft
84	Spider Lake	Washburn	9.5 ft	-	-
85	Cranberry Lake	Taylor	2 ft	10 acres	8 ft
86	Silver Lake	Washburn	11 ft	188 acres	28 ft
87	Mccann Lake	Rusk	5.7 ft	126 acres	38 ft
88	Big Bass Lake	Washburn	17.9 ft	201 acres	27 ft
89	Bass Lake	Washburn	14 ft	187 acres	35 ft
90	Chain Lake	Chippewa	8.2 ft	454 acres	74 ft
91	Dairyland Reservoir	Rusk	1.4 ft	1,870 acres	70 ft
92	Potato Lake	Rusk	3 ft	-	-
93	Island Lake	Washburn	14.5 ft	252 acres	44 ft
94	Mud Lake	Washburn	-	126 acres	13 ft
95	Loon Lake	Washburn	-	50 acres	63 ft
96	Little Sand Lake	Washburn	12 ft	71 acres	21 ft
97	Ripley Lake	Washburn	8.6 ft	184 acres	27 ft
98	Sand Lake	Rusk	15.3 ft	272 acres	100 ft
99	Middle Twin Lake at	Washburn	7.5 ft	-	-
100	Spring Lake	Washburn	-	204 acres	24 ft