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Virginia Lake

Sauk County, Wisconsin · WBIC 1278700

Official regulationsDNR lake map

This lake has fishing rules that differ from the standard ones for its area. Check the official rules before you fish. Official regulations

Size

35 acres

Max depth

15 ft

DNR lake type

Simple, Warm, dark water color

Water clarity

2.5 ft

Low, measured Jul 2009

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

Lake Virginia Access1

Numbered dots are boat landings; tap one for directions. The list below has the same numbers. Drawn from the DNR's 24K hydrography (surveyed 1975), so the shape is approximate and a landing can sit a little off the shore. Open the DNR lake map.

Water clarity

2.5 ft Secchi depthLowOlder reading

Last measured Jul 29, 2009. 22 readings on record, 1991 to 2009.

Nothing has been measured in the last 5 years, so this may not match the lake today.

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 Virginia Lake - Deep Hole-Site 1-South. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Water temperature

A typical year Modeled estimate

  • Ice goes outabout Apr 9 (Mar 31 to Apr 17)
  • Surface reaches 48°Fabout Apr 18 (Apr 10 to Apr 23)
  • Surface reaches 64°Fabout May 2 (Apr 19 to May 8)
  • June surface77°F, usually 76 to 79°F
  • July surface83°F, usually 82 to 84°F
  • August surface78°F, usually 76 to 80°F

Forms a warm top layer around May 4, lasting about 125 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.

Modeled: U.S. Geological Survey lake temperature data release (doi:10.5066/P9CA6XP8).

Today at the lake

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Forecast: National Weather Service (no endorsement implied). Sunrise, sunset and moon phase are calculated. The moon phase can be a day off.

Stocking history

  • Northern Pikelast stocked 2010 (large fingerling); stocked in 1 year since 2010

Stocking shows what was added to the lake, not what is in it now.

Wisconsin DNR annual fish stocking summary. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Fish recorded near this lake

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

Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

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Where this comes from

  • Size, depth and lake typeWisconsin DNR lake classifications, checked Oct 23, 2026
  • OutlineWisconsin DNR 24K hydrography, checked Oct 23, 2026
  • Stocking historyWisconsin DNR annual fish stocking summary, 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 recordedOpen fish survey and museum records, via GBIF, checked Oct 23, 2026
  • VHS statusWisconsin DNR VHS status by watershed, 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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