McCartney Lake
Grant County, Wisconsin · WBIC 721400
The DNR lists this lake's watershed (Sny Magill Creek-Mississippi River) as suspect or infected with VHS, a fish virus. The listing covers the watershed, not a test of this lake. About VHS
Size
924 acres
Max depth
10 ft
DNR lake type
Simple, Warm, dark water color
A warm-water lake type: the DNR groups it with lakes that warm up through summer. This describes the lake type in general, not this lake in particular.
Outline
Numbered dots are boat landings; tap one for directions. The list below has the same numbers. Drawn from the DNR's 24K hydrography (surveyed 1978), so the shape is approximate and a landing can sit a little off the shore. Open the DNR lake map.
Water clarity (satellite estimate)
- Summer 20163.5 ft (211 satellite pixels)
No one has measured this lake's clarity in the monitoring data. This is an estimate from satellite images of one summer only, so it may not match the lake today.
Secchi depth is how far down a white disk stays visible. A bigger number means clearer water. The estimate tops out at 16 feet.
Landsat satellite estimates published by the Wisconsin DNR (summers 2016 and 2017), averaged over the lake's outline. Informational use only.
Today at the lake
Forecast: National Weather Service (no endorsement implied). Sunrise, sunset and moon phase are calculated. The moon phase can be a day off.
Fish recorded near this lake
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus1963; 1 record
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus1963; 1 record
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax1963; 1 record
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides1963; 1 record
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens1963; 1 record
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum1963; 1 record
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides1963; 1 record
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis1963; 1 record
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus1963; 1 record
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio1963; 1 record
- River Shiner Notropis blennius1963; 1 record
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus1963; 1 record
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana1963; 1 record
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera1963; 1 record
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius1963; 1 record
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis1963; 1 record
- Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus1963; 1 record
Recorded in open fish survey and museum records (GBIF). A record shows a fish was found near this lake in that year, not that it is there now, and says nothing about how many. Most coordinates are rounded to about 1 km, so a record is attached only when one lake is the clear match.
Open fish survey and museum records from GBIF; datasets are listed on the sources page. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Boat landings
- 1McCartney Lake AccessBoat ramp · Gravel surface · Township
Directions - 2Bertom LandingBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Federal
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
More lakes in Grant County
- O'Leary Lake16 miles away
- Woodman Lake30 miles away
- Fish Trap Lake40 miles away
- Poffenrath Slough40 miles away
- Rice Lake40 miles away
- Postel Slough40 miles away
Where this comes from
- Size, depth and lake typeWisconsin DNR lake classifications, checked Oct 23, 2026
- OutlineWisconsin DNR 24K hydrography, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Boat landingsWisconsin DNR public boat access sites, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Fish recordedOpen fish survey and museum records, via GBIF, checked Oct 23, 2026
- VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, checked Oct 24, 2026
- Satellite clarity estimateLandsat summer clarity estimates published by the Wisconsin DNR (2016, 2017), checked Oct 24, 2026
See data sources for what each source covers, and about for how the numbers are matched to lakes.
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