Springville Pond (Portage County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1402300 — permanent page /lakes/1402300/.

Springville Pond is in Portage County; records show 14 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.

Size

14 acres

Lake type

DRAINAGE

Max depth

10 ft

• 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
• Fish stocking documented through 2024 (DNR stocking records)
• Summer Secchi clarity median 8.5 ft (field measurements)
• Official DNR depth map available (PDF)

Back to results Show on map Depth map (PDF) Check current DNR regulations

Plan your visit

• Lake directory: public landing — Yes
• Lake directory: public beach — No
• Lake directory: public park — Yes

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 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.

DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Common; Panfish—Present; Trout—Present; not population counts.

Stocking records: 34 documented events through 2024, 65,456 fish total. Species: Trout (Rare), Largemouth Bass (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: 71 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.

2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 71 published rows for 17 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.

Water and setting

• Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 8.5 ft from 5 samples, latest sample 2024-08-19
• Satellite clarity estimate: 7.36 ft (2012) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements

Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.

Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.

• AIS record: Banded mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2012-06-11
• AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 2003-09-22
• AIS record: Eurasian watermilfoil — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 1993-01-01
• AIS record: Japanese knotweed — Verified, latest documented 2009-09-09
• AIS record: Phragmites (non-native ecotype) — Verified, latest documented 2009-05-17
• AIS record: Rusty crayfish — Verified, latest documented 2009-05-17
• AIS record: Water lettuce — Historical — no longer observed, latest documented 2009-08-26
• AIS record: Yellow iris — Verified, latest documented 2025-06-19

Occurrence records come from a non-exhaustive DNR inventory; a record documents presence at observation time and a missing record is never evidence of absence.

• Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Springville Pond Park (Village of Plover); ≈10.1% of shoreline buffer
• Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈97.1% developed land within 300 m, ≈31.6% impervious
• Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest secondary road (U.S., state, or county highway) ≈12 m; ≈9.4 km of road per km² within 1 km

• Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: lake under 50 acres

Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.

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
• Field-measured Secchi clarity
• Aquatic invasive species occurrences

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.