McLaren Lake
Sawyer County, Wisconsin · WBIC 1865200
This lake has fishing rules that differ from the standard ones for its area. Check the official rules before you fish. Official regulations
Size
66 acres
Max depth
12 ft
DNR lake type
Simple, Cool, clear water color
A cool-water lake type: the DNR groups it with lakes that stay cooler through summer. This describes the lake type in general, not this lake in particular.
Outline
Drawn from the DNR's 24K hydrography (surveyed 1990), 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 20165.5 ft (174 satellite pixels)
- Summer 20177.2 ft (186 satellite pixels)
No one has measured this lake's clarity in the monitoring data. These are estimates from satellite images of two summers only, so they 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.
Water temperature
A typical year Modeled estimate
- Ice goes outabout Apr 20 (Apr 12 to Apr 27)
- Surface reaches 48°Fabout Apr 30 (Apr 18 to May 7)
- Surface reaches 64°Fabout May 26 (May 21 to Jun 1)
- June surface69°F, usually 67 to 71°F
- July surface75°F, usually 73 to 76°F
- August surface71°F, usually 70 to 72°F
Mixes regularly through the summer instead of forming a warm top layer.
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
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
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus1982; 1 record
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus1963 to 1982; 4 records
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides1967 to 1982; 3 records
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus1967 to 1982; 2 records
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens1963 to 1982; 4 records
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.
More lakes in Sawyer County
- Lower Clam Lake1.0 miles away
- Delano Lake1.4 miles away
- Cattail Lake1.7 miles away
- Red Ike Lake1.9 miles away
- Noble Lake2.6 miles away
- Ike Lake2.7 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
- 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
- Depth map linkWisconsin DNR lake maps list, 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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