Fountain City Bay

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 1992), 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 20161.2 ft (309 satellite pixels)
• Summer 20172.2 ft (90 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

• Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax1995; 3 records
• Channel Shiner Notropis wickliffi1982; 1 record
• Mud Darter Etheostoma asprigene1995; 2 records
• Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis1995; 1 record
• Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae1995; 2 records
• Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis2014; 1 record

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

• 1Whitman Dam Wildlife AreaBoat ramp · Gravel surface · State(dnr)
  Directions
• 2Merrick Park SouthBoat ramp · Concrete Plank surface · State(dnr)
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• 3Merrick State Park NorthBoat ramp · Concrete surface · Accessible features · State(dnr)
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Wisconsin DNR public boat access sites. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Where this comes from

• 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.