Sugar Camp Lake
Oneida County, Wisconsin · WBIC 1020400
The DNR has advice about eating fish from this water. How much is safe depends on the fish and on who is eating it. Look it up on the DNR site
Size
545 acres
Max depth
38 ft
DNR lake type
Simple, Warm, dark water color
Water clarity
14.8 ft
Clear, measured Jun 2025
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 1970), so the shape is approximate and a landing can sit a little off the shore. Open the DNR lake map.
Water clarity
14.8 ft Secchi depthClear
Last measured Jun 17, 2025. 391 readings on record, 1991 to 2025.
Typical summer clarity (June to September): 21.1 ft, clear, from 126 readings (2012 to 2025).
Secchi depth is how far down a white disk stays visible. A bigger number means clearer water. Clear means a Secchi depth of 10 feet or more, moderate 5 to 10 feet, low under 5 feet.
Wisconsin DNR water monitoring (volunteer and staff), via the Water Quality Portal; station Sugar Camp Lake - Deep Hole - North Basin. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Water temperature
Last measured Jun 17, 2025, too long ago to show as the current temperature.
A typical year Modeled estimate
- Ice goes outabout Apr 25 (Apr 16 to Apr 29)
- Surface reaches 48°Fabout May 6 (May 4 to May 12)
- Surface reaches 64°Fabout Jun 7 (May 28 to Jun 7)
- June surface67°F, usually 66 to 69°F
- July surface73°F, usually 72 to 75°F
- August surface71°F, usually 69 to 72°F
Forms a warm top layer around Jun 4, lasting about 84 days.
A computer model of this lake's typical weather and water, built from 15 years, 2005 to 2019. Ranges show the middle half of years. The model was not calibrated against measured temperatures for this lake. It is an estimate, not a measurement.
Measured: Wisconsin DNR via the Water Quality Portal (checked Oct 23, 2026). Modeled: U.S. Geological Survey lake temperature data release (doi:10.5066/P9CA6XP8).
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.
Boat landings
- 1Sugar Camp Lake AccessCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · State(dnr)
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
More lakes in Oneida County
- Bass Lake0.8 miles away
- Mill Lake0.9 miles away
- Indian Lake1.0 miles away
- Burnham Lake1.4 miles away
- Lily Lake1.5 miles away
- Minnow Lake1.7 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
- Regulations linkWisconsin DNR fishing regulations (linked, not restated), checked Oct 23, 2026
- Boat landingsWisconsin DNR public boat access sites, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Water clarityWisconsin DNR water monitoring, via the Water Quality Portal, checked Oct 23, 2026
- Typical-year temperatureU.S. Geological Survey lake temperature model (modeled estimate), checked Oct 23, 2026
- Fish consumption advice flagWisconsin DNR advisory areas (flag and link only), checked Oct 24, 2026
- VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, checked Oct 24, 2026
- Depth map linkWisconsin DNR lake maps list, 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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