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Clearest Lakes in Wood County, Wisconsin, Ranked

1 Wood County lake are at least 50 acres with a current DNR water-clarity reading, out of 30 documented lakes in the county. Updated July 2026.

110 ft
496 acres
Wood County, WI
Nepco Lake
enhancedDepth mapWater data
44.34, -89.82496 acres | 29 ft max1 public access pointLargemouth Bass, Panfish
10 ft water clarity (Jun 2026) · 496 acres, 29 ft max depth · 1 public landing

Methodology

How this list is built

Ranked by the most recent documented Secchi disk reading (feet of visibility) from DNR/CLMN monitoring.
Readings older than 10 years are excluded — a decades-old reading no longer says anything about today's water.
Lakes under 50 acres — or without documented acreage — are excluded from rankings.
Readings deeper than the lake's own documented maximum depth are treated as source-data errors and excluded.
Clarity swings with season and weather, so the reading date is shown for every lake.
Only monitored lakes can rank. A clear lake nobody measures cannot appear here — this list rewards documentation as much as clarity.

FAQ

Wood County lake records

What is the clearest lake in Wood County?

Nepco Lake — By most recent Secchi reading, Nepco Lake in Wood County is the clearest monitored lake in Wood County, with 10 feet of visibility.

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Source data: Wisconsin DNR lake and monitoring records as aggregated by LakeList. Figures reflect the most recent documented values, not new surveys — verify access and rules before you go. Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.