Thunder Lake (Oneida County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1618100 — permanent page /lakes/1618100/.
Thunder Lake is in Oneida County; records show 1,794 acres and 2 DNR access-site records.
- Size
- 1,794 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 9 ft
- 2 documented public access site records (DNR access inventory)
- 4 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Satellite clarity estimate 6.54 ft (2017)
- 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 — Yes
- DNR public-access inventory: 2 documented access site records
- DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
- No site qualifies for per-site Directions: the reviewed association or a published coordinate is missing, which is a data state, never evidence about access.
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; ≈7.2 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
- LAUREL BL — Boating site; ≈7.2 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
- EAGLE CREEK BOATING — Boating site; ≈9.6 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- SPRING LAKE FIRE TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈11 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- SAM CAMPBELL TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈11.5 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- 2 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: Panfish—Common; Largemouth Bass—Present; Northern Pike—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.
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
- Satellite clarity estimate: 6.54 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
Official DNR depth map — sheet 1 (PDF) Official DNR depth map — sheet 2 (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 2013-07-30
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2013-07-30
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: Thunder Lake Wildlife Area (Wisconsin DNR); ≈15.9% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈5.1% developed land within 300 m, ≈1% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈5 m; ≈1.6 km of road per km² within 1 km
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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
- Fisheries survey population estimates
- 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.