Crampton Lake

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 1981), 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 201610.5 ft (186 satellite pixels)
• Summer 201711.5 ft (174 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.

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 macrochirus2018 to 2025; 78 records
• Central Mudminnow Umbra limi2018 to 2023; 44 records
• Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas2018 to 2022; 43 records
• Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile2018 to 2021; 16 records
• Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum2018 to 2021; 3 records
• Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides2018 to 2023; 50 records
• Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus2018 to 2023; 40 records
• Yellow Perch Perca flavescens2018 to 2025; 57 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

• 1Deadwood Lake AccessCarry-in access · Unimproved surface · State
  Directions

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

More lakes in Vilas County

• Deadwood Lake0.4 miles away
• Gilbert Lake0.6 miles away
• Dalzell Lake1.0 miles away
• Palmer Lake1.4 miles away
• Big Lake1.4 miles away
• West Bay Lake2.4 miles away

All Vilas County lakes

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.