White Birch Lake, Vilas County, is a 116-acre deep, oligo-mesotrophic lowland drainage lake with a maximum depth of 27 feet and a mean depth of 12 feet. Its watershed encompasses approximately 2,683 acres within the Manitowish River Watershed and is comprised mainly of intact forests and wetlands. Water enters White Birch Lake from the east from Ballard Lake and leaves through White Birch Creek. In 2018, 37 native aquatic plant species were located within the lake, of which Fern-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton robbinsii) was the most common. One NHI-Listed (Natural Heritage Inventory) species was found – Northeastern bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata).

*From the Town of Plum Lake Comprehensive Lake Management Plan. For the full report on White Birch Lake please click below:

https://www.plumlakewi.gov/sites/default/files/onterra/TownofPlumLake_CompMgmtPan_June2022_WhiteBirch.pdf

For the Town-wide Comprehensive Management Plan, please click below:

https://www.plumlakewi.gov/sites/default/files/onterra/TownofPlumLake_CompMgmtPln_TownWide_June2022.pdf