Red Cedar Lake (Barron, Washburn County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2109600 — permanent page /lakes/2109600/.
Red Cedar Lake is in Barron, Washburn County; records show 1,897 acres and 2 DNR access-site records.
- Size
- 1,897 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 53 ft
- 2 documented public access site records (DNR access inventory)
- 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Summer Secchi clarity median 10 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 — Yes
- DNR public-access inventory: 2 documented access site records
- DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
- 2 sites 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.
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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: Largemouth Bass—Common; Northern Pike—Common; Smallmouth Bass—Common; 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: 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
- Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 10 ft from 62 samples, latest sample 2024-08-31
- Satellite clarity estimate: 6.33 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
- Lake directory clarity class: Low
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.
- AIS record: Chinese mystery snail — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 2009-06-11
- AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 2005-07-05
- AIS record: Purple loosestrife — Verified, latest documented 2011-07-19
- AIS record: Rusty crayfish — Verified
- AIS record: Yellow iris — Verified, latest documented 2023-07-26
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: State Owned Islands (Wisconsin DNR); ≈2.1% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈29.7% developed land within 300 m, ≈4.4% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest secondary road (U.S., state, or county highway) ≈0 m; ≈6.3 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Resource water (NR 102): Outstanding Resource Water (ORW) — NR 102.10(1m)2
- Mapped critical habitat: 27 sensitive-area polygons — ≈211 ac (≈11.1% of lake area), partial-waterbody scope
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: walleye area, outstanding/exceptional resource water
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)
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Public access site inventory
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- Field-measured Secchi clarity
- 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.