Buckskin Lake
Vilas County, Wisconsin · WBIC 2272600
Size
634 acres
Max depth
22 ft
DNR lake type
Complex, Cool, dark 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
Numbered dots are boat landings; tap one for directions. The list below has the same numbers. 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 20165.8 ft (2,572 satellite pixels)
- Summer 20177.5 ft (2,617 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 21 (Apr 13 to Apr 28)
- Surface reaches 48°Fabout May 2 (Apr 23 to May 9)
- Surface reaches 64°Fabout May 30 (May 28 to Jun 6)
- June surface69°F, usually 67 to 71°F
- July surface74°F, usually 74 to 76°F
- August surface72°F, usually 70 to 74°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.
Stocking history
- Walleyelast stocked 2025 (fry, large fingerling and small fingerling); stocked in 8 years since 2010
- Muskellungelast stocked 2021 (large fingerling); stocked in 6 years 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
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus2006; 3 records
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus2006; 2 records
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas2006; 1 record
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum2006; 1 record
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides2006; 5 records
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy2006; 2 records
- Northern Pike Esox lucius2006; 4 records
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus2006; 3 records
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris2006; 1 record
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum2006; 1 record
- Walleye Sander vitreus1996 to 2006; 6 records
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii2006; 1 record
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens2006; 3 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.
Boat landings
- 1Buckskin Lake Access (listed under Oneida County)Boat ramp · Concrete Plank surface · Accessible features · State(dnr)
Directions
Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
More lakes in Vilas County
- Haskell Lake1.3 miles away
- Gene Lake1.6 miles away
- Tank Lake2.0 miles away
- Broken Bow Lake2.1 miles away
- Squirrel Lake2.6 miles away
- Tippecanoe Lake2.9 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
- 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
- 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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