Beasley Lake (Waupaca County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 262300 — permanent page /lakes/262300/.
Beasley Lake is in Waupaca County; records show 12 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 12 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 47 ft
- Mean depth
- 21 ft
- 6 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2005 (DNR stocking records)
- Summer Secchi clarity median 20.4 ft (field measurements)
- Official DNR depth map available (PDF)
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Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- 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.
Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 6 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Common; Musky—Present; Northern Pike—Present; not population counts.
Stocking records: 2 documented events through 2005, 29,372 fish total. Species: Walleye (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: 70 normalized rows across 16 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 70 published rows for 16 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Field-measured summer Secchi clarity: median 20.4 ft from 26 samples, latest sample 2023-08-15
- Satellite clarity estimate: 15.64 ft (2017) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
Official DNR depth map (PDF) — Historical lake map; not for navigation. Link checked 2026-07-16.
- AIS record: Asian clam — Verified, latest documented 2022-07-30
- AIS record: Banded mystery snail — Verified, latest documented 2013-07-12
- AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified, latest documented 2016-07-08
- AIS record: Eurasian watermilfoil — Verified, latest documented 2002-10-01
- AIS record: Zebra mussel — Verified, latest documented 2013-07-12
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): none mapped within 1,000 ft; nearest: Hartman Creek State Park (Wisconsin DNR); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈33.7% developed land within 300 m, ≈4.8% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈0 m; ≈3.5 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 species and abundance (DNR lake pages)
- Fish stocking history
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- 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.