Centralia Flowage (Wood County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1396000 — permanent page /lakes/1396000/.
Centralia Flowage is in Wood County; records show 274 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 274 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 19 ft
- 6 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2024 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 5.47 ft (2017)
Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — No
Each statement is bounded to its named source; absence of a record is never evidence of no access. The DNR access database may lag reality; posted signs at the landing are authoritative.
Verify at the DNR public boat access program page.
Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 6 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Smallmouth Bass—Common; Walleye—Common; Catfish—Present; not population counts.
Stocking records: 14 documented events through 2024, 1,458 fish total. Species: Muskellunge And Hybrids (Occasional), Northern Pike (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 17 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 17 published rows for 17 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 5.47 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.
Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.
No public aquatic invasive species occurrence record was found for this lake. The DNR inventory is non-exhaustive; absence of a record is never evidence of absence.
- Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Northeastern States District Office (BLM); ≈52.8% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈79% developed land within 300 m, ≈32.2% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest secondary road (U.S., state, or county highway) ≈0 m; ≈10.9 km of road per km² within 1 km
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Data & sources
Published data families
- Fish species and abundance (DNR lake pages)
- Fish stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Satellite water clarity estimate
Original records: Wisconsin DNR lake page.
Missing values are unpublished, never zero; each fact above is bounded to its named source and date. Full sourcing detail: Data & methods.