Indian School Lake (Sawyer County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 2726000 — permanent page /lakes/2726000/.
Indian School Lake is in Sawyer County; records show 65 acres and DNR fish-frequency records.
- Size
- 65 acres
- Lake type
- DRAINAGE
- Max depth
- 6 ft
- 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 1977 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 8.2 ft (2012)
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 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Northern Pike—Common; Panfish—Common; Largemouth Bass—Present; not population counts.
Stocking records: 1 documented event through 1977, 1,260 fish total. Species: Bluegill (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: 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: 8.2 ft (2012) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.
Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.
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): none mapped within 1,000 ft; nearest: Smith Creek Dog Park (City of Hayward); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈11.5% developed land within 300 m, ≈4.4% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈19 m; ≈3.5 km of road per km² within 1 km
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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
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.