Hat Rapids Flowage (Oneida County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1567325 — permanent page /lakes/1567325/.
Hat Rapids Flowage is in Oneida County; records show 295 acres and field Secchi observations.
- Size
- 295 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Summer Secchi clarity median 3 ft (field measurements)
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
No fish species/abundance table is published for this lake. Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 19 normalized rows across 19 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 19 published rows for 19 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 3 ft from 33 samples, latest sample 2023-08-06
- Satellite clarity estimate: 4.01 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 maximum depth, official mean depth.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-04-29
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: Northeastern States District Office (BLM); ≈7% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈24.2% developed land within 300 m, ≈9.3% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest secondary road (U.S., state, or county highway) ≈0 m; ≈3 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: walleye area
Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.
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Data & sources
Published data families
- 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.