Kettle Lake (Chippewa County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1857800 — permanent page /lakes/1857800/.

Kettle Lake is in Chippewa County; records show 3 acres and a verified DNR depth map.

Size: 3 acres
Lake type: SEEPAGE
Max depth: 11 ft

Official DNR depth map available (PDF)

Back to results Show on map Depth map (PDF) Check current DNR regulations

Plan your visit

Lake directory: public landing — No
Lake directory: public beach — No
Lake directory: public park — Yes

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 Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.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: 17 normalized rows across 17 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.

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.

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: Chippewa County Forest (Chippewa County); ≈47.6% of shoreline buffer
Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈0% developed land within 300 m, ≈0% impervious
Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈266 m; ≈1.2 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.

Data & sources

Published data families

Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)

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Missing values are unpublished, never zero; each fact above is bounded to its named source and date.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.