The surrounding undisturbed tamarack forest and the wild rice that covers nearly 90 percent of the lake form a system rarely found in the state. One state-threatened bird species is found on the site. The lake covers nearly eleven acres and is only three feet deep. The water is clear, hard, and quite fertile, with the major sources being seepage and springs. There is no inlet, but the lake does have a short outlet to Radley Creek.
Wild rice dominates the emergent aquatics.
Surrounding the lake is a forest of tamarack and poison sumac. The absence of black spruce makes this site very unusual for this locality. To the north the land rises into an open forest dominated by white and bur oaks, which has several groundlayer species that are more typical of prairie. Land Control - DNR Fisheries Management. Manager - Fisheries Manager, DNR Ranger Station, Hwy.