Osprey Lake (Washburn County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 1982400 — permanent page /lakes/1982400/.
Osprey Lake is in Washburn County; records show 30 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 30 acres
- Lake type
- SEEPAGE
- Max depth
- 22 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- Fish stocking documented through 2001 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 11.96 ft (2015)
Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — No
- DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
- 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.
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Fishing
No fish species/abundance table is published for this lake. Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.
Stocking records: 3 documented events through 2001, 3,985 fish total. Species: Bluegill (Historic), Northern Pike (Historic), Largemouth Bass (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
- Satellite clarity estimate: 11.96 ft (2015) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
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: Washburn County Forest (Washburn County); ≈91.1% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈6.5% developed land within 300 m, ≈0.4% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈11 m; ≈0.8 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 stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
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.