Knight Lake (Waupaca County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 262700 — permanent page /lakes/262700/.
Knight Lake is in Waupaca County; records show 15 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 15 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 42 ft
- Mean depth
- 18 ft
- 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Satellite clarity estimate 2.9 ft (2017)
- 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 — Yes
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 5 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Abundant; Northern Pike—Common; Panfish—Common; not population counts.
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
- Satellite clarity estimate: 2.9 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: Banded mystery snail — Verified (vouchered), latest documented 2011-06-24
- AIS record: Curly-leaf pondweed — Verified, latest documented 2016-07-12
- AIS record: Zebra mussel — Verified, latest documented 2018-08-14
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: Hartman Creek State Park (Wisconsin DNR); ≈45.1% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈14.9% developed land within 300 m, ≈2.4% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈0 m; ≈2.1 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)
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Satellite water clarity estimate
- 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.