Lower Ninemile Lake (Oneida, Vilas County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1605200 — permanent page /lakes/1605200/.
Lower Ninemile Lake is in Oneida, Vilas County; records show 849 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 849 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 5 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 4 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Summer Secchi clarity median 5.5 ft (field measurements)
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Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — Yes
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — Yes
- DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
- 1 site qualify for per-site Directions through the reviewed lake association (load the site details below)
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.
Nearby facilities
- LOWER NINE MILE BOAT LANDING — Boating site; ≈0 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈0.1 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- ANVIL TRAILHEAD #2 — Trailhead; ≈1.9 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈2.3 km from the associated access point (straight line); fee charged.
- NICOLET NORTH TRAILHEAD #3 — Trailhead; ≈3.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈4 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- HWY 70 PULL-OFF — Info site / fee station; ≈3.3 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈3.5 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- SEVENMILE BL — Boating site; ≈3.3 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈4.7 km from the associated access point (straight line); fee charged.
- 25 more inventoried sites within 15 km.
USFS Chequamegon-Nicolet constructed recreation sites only; straight-line distance is geographic context, not a travel route.
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Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 4 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Northern Pike—Common; Walleye—Common; Largemouth Bass—Present; not population counts.
Fisheries survey population estimates are published for this lake; survey estimates are historical point-in-time studies and are never compared or ranked here.
- Musky reproductive status (DNR mapped): Reproduction UNK, stocking occurs (Cat. 0)
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.
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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 5.5 ft from 83 samples, latest sample 2025-08-19
- Satellite clarity estimate: 6 ft (2012) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
- Lake directory clarity class: Moderate
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: Nicolet National Forest (USDA FOREST SERVICE); ≈48.6% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈5% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.5% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈0 m; ≈2.1 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: musky 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
- Fish species and abundance (DNR lake pages)
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- Field-measured Secchi clarity
- Fisheries survey population estimates
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.