ABDLakes: Data for lakes in Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties,...

Description Format Source

Description

Various data for lakes in Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties, Wisconsin.

Format

A data frame with 1499 observations on the following 31 variables:

county

County that lake is in (Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas).

waterbody.type

Type of waterbody (LP=, RF=).

wbic

A lake code used by WiDNR

name

official name of lake.

name.local

local name of lake.

named

logical indicating whether lake is named or not.

hydro.unit

USGS hydrological unit code.

basin.maj

Major basin code ().

basin.min

Minor basin code ().

seg.no

???.

landlock

logical indicating whether lake is landlocked or not.

lake.type

type of lake (SE=seepage, DG=drainage, DP=???, DN=???).

access

type of lake access (BR=???, NW=???, T=???, P=???).

area

size of lake area (acres).

impound

total size of lake impoundment (in acres).

size.code

a qualitative size code (VS=very small, S=small, M=medium, L=large, VL=very large).

dep.max

maximum depth of lake (in ft).

dep.avg

average depth of lake (in ft).

len.shore

length of shoreline (in miles).

len.shore.m

length of shoreline (in meters).

dist.ash

approximate distance to Ashland (in miles).

muskie

muskellunge abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

nor.pike

northern pike abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

wae

walleye abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

lmb

largemouth bass abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

smb

smallmouth bass abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

pan

Panfish abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

trout

trout abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

cat

catfish abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

sturg

sturgeon abundance code (C=common,A=abundant,P=present; NA is not present).

merc.warn

mercury warning code (???).

Source

online information from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.


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