Clear Lake (Sawyer County)

Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2435800 — permanent page /lakes/2435800/.

Clear Lake is in Sawyer County; records show 250 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.

Size

250 acres

Lake type

DRAINAGE

Max depth

25 ft

• 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
• Summer Secchi clarity median 8.9 ft (field measurements)

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Plan your visit

• Lake directory: public landing — Yes
• Lake directory: public beach — No
• Lake directory: public park — No
• DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
• DNR public-access inventory: documented developed boat ramp
• 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.

Nearby facilities

• MUKWONAGO SKI TH — Trailhead; ≈7.4 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
• LYNCH CREEK WATCHABLE WILDLIFE — Wildlife viewing site; ≈11.7 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
• TEAL RIVER BL — Boating site; ≈11.8 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
• PERCH LAKE BL — Boating site; ≈12.2 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
• ROCK LAKE NRT TH — Trailhead; ≈13.1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
• 1 more inventoried site within 15 km.

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

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 Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.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: 18 normalized rows across 18 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.

2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 18 published rows for 18 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.

Water and setting

• Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 8.9 ft from 30 samples, latest sample 2025-08-30
• Satellite clarity estimate: 8.78 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
• Lake directory clarity class: Moderate

No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.

Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.

• AIS record: Purple loosestrife — Verified, latest documented 2003-06-01

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: Clear Lake - Butternut Island (Wisconsin DNR); ≈20% of shoreline buffer
• Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈15.3% developed land within 300 m, ≈1.7% impervious
• Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈15 m; ≈2.8 km of road per km² within 1 km

• Mapped critical habitat: 3 sensitive-area polygons — ≈152 ac (≈60.8% of lake area), partial-waterbody scope

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)
• Public access site inventory
• Satellite water clarity estimate
• Field-measured Secchi clarity
• 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.