Lake Columbia (Columbia County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 977600 — permanent page /lakes/977600/.
Lake Columbia is in Columbia County; records show 378 acres and 1 DNR access-site record.
- Size
- 378 acres
- Max depth
- 8 ft
- 1 documented public access site record (DNR access inventory)
- 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories (DNR lake page)
- Fish stocking documented through 2009 (DNR stocking records)
- Satellite clarity estimate 3.78 ft (2017)
Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — No
- DNR public-access inventory: 1 documented access site record
- DNR public-access inventory: documented carry-in access
- 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.
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Fishing
The DNR lake page publishes 3 fish species/groups with abundance categories — categories are source labels, never a population count.
DNR fish labels: Largemouth Bass—Abundant; Panfish—Abundant; Smallmouth Bass—Abundant; not population counts.
Stocking records: 24 documented events through 2009, 609,863 fish total. Species: Rock, Yellow, And White Bass (Historic), Largemouth Bass (Historic). Events in 2015 or later count as recent.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
- Quality Fishing Waters — Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: 18 inch minimum length limit (as listed on the DNR quality-waters page; not a complete regulations list)
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.
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2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 18 published rows for 18 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 3.78 ft (2017) — 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: lake type, 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: Northeastern States District Office (BLM); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈23.2% developed land within 300 m, ≈10.8% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈1 m; ≈1.8 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)
- Public access site inventory
- 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.