Pine Lake (Rusk County, Wisconsin)
Pine Lake is a lake in Rusk and Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin. It has a surface area of and is surrounded by a forest. The maximum depth of the lake is . Pine Lake is at an elevation of . The bottom of the lake is 50% sand, 30% gravel, 15% rock, and 5% muck. Pine Lake is a seepage lake, which does not have an inlet or outlet and gets its water mostly from precipitation or runoff. Because of this, water levels tend to fluctuate seasonally. Wildlife. Largemouth bass are the most common fish in the lake , which also contains panfish and northern pike in smaller quantities. Loons, turtles, snakes, beavers, bears, deer, chipmunks, and rabbits are also found in the surrounding area. Homes. Pine Lake has houses on about half its shoreline, with about 40 houses near the lake. The houses were built by a few men from Chicago who bought the land.