Wilson Flowage (Price County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2246500 — permanent page /lakes/2246500/.

Wilson Flowage is in Price County; records show 162 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.

Size: 162 acres
Lake type: DRAINAGE
Max depth: 6 ft
Mean depth: 8 ft

2 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
Satellite clarity estimate 7.5 ft (2012)

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Plan your visit

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

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

SAILOR LAKE PICNIC — Picnic site; ≈6.5 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
SAILOR LAKE — Campground; ≈6.6 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
SMITH RAPIDS — Campground; ≈11.4 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
SMITH RAPIDS PICNIC — Picnic site; ≈11.5 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
FIFIELD FIRE TOWER — Interpretive site; ≈12.9 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
2 more inventoried sites within 15 km.

USFS Chequamegon-Nicolet constructed recreation sites only; straight-line distance is geographic context, not a travel route.

Fishing

The DNR lake page publishes 2 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.

DNR fish labels: Northern Pike—Common; Panfish—Present; not population counts.

No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.

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: 7.5 ft (2012) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements

No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.

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: Chequamegon National Forest (USDA FOREST SERVICE); ≈100% of shoreline buffer
Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈0.4% developed land within 300 m, ≈0% impervious
Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈13 m; ≈1.2 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)
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.