Maple Lake (Oneida County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1609900 — permanent page /lakes/1609900/.
Maple Lake is in Oneida County; records show 131 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 131 acres
- Lake type
- SPRING
- Max depth
- 15 ft
- Mean depth
- 8 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2024 (DNR stocking records)
- Summer Secchi clarity median 12 ft (field measurements)
- Official DNR depth map available (PDF)
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Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — Yes
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — No
- 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
- LAUREL LAKE — Campground; ≈3.9 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈4.8 km from the associated access point (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
- LAUREL BL — Boating site; ≈3.9 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈4.9 km from the associated access point (straight line); fee charged.
- EAGLE CREEK BOATING — Boating site; ≈7.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈7.8 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- SPRING LAKE FIRE TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈7.7 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈8.6 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- SAM CAMPBELL TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈8.5 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); ≈9.4 km from the associated access point (straight line).
- 9 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 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Northern Pike—Common; Panfish—Common; Largemouth Bass—Present; not population counts.
Stocking records: 19 documented events through 2024, 25,771 fish total. Species: Walleye (Frequent), Northern Pike (Historic), Muskellunge And Hybrids (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
- Quality Fishing Waters — Walleye: 18 inch minimum length limit (as listed on the DNR quality-waters page; not a complete regulations list)
- 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 12 ft from 17 samples, latest sample 2025-08-19
- Satellite clarity estimate: 9.66 ft (2017) — 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.
- AIS record: Banded mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-10-01
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2007-10-01
- AIS record: Purple loosestrife — Verified, latest documented 2018-07-19
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): none mapped within 1,000 ft; nearest: Thunder Lake Wildlife Area (SDNR); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈34.3% developed land within 300 m, ≈10.4% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈20 m; ≈5 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)
- Fish stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- 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.