Mirror Lake (Buffalo County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1820900 — permanent page /lakes/1820900/.
Mirror Lake is in Buffalo County; records show 19 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 19 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 7 ft
- Mean depth
- 3 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2024 (DNR stocking records)
- 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: 1 documented access site record
- DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
- 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.
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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—Common; Trout—Common; not population counts.
Stocking records: 90 documented events through 2024, 163,944 fish total. Species: Trout (Frequent), Bluegill (Occasional), Largemouth Bass (Occasional), Walleye (Historic), Flathead Catfish (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: 17 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 17 published rows for 17 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
No water-clarity measurement or estimate is published for this lake.
Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2013-09-23
- AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified (vouchered)
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: Mondovi Memorial Park (Mondovi Township); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈80.9% developed land within 300 m, ≈27% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈11 m; ≈8.6 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.
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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
- 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.