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Northern Wisconsin
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| Waterfront
development is booming in northern Wisconsin, with property
values increasing up to 400% in the early 1990's for some
counties in the region. A limited and shrinking supply of
available waterfront land -- plus, big demand -- amounts to
soaring prices. Lakefront property values have gone up 100% to
400% from 1990 to 1994. |
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| We have found that
about two out of every three previously undeveloped lakes have
been developed since the 1960's. Using this development trend,
one could predict that Wisconsin would lose all of its
undeveloped lakes not in public ownership within the next 20
years. In 1995, the Department of Natural Resources studied the
rate of shoreline development in the northern half of the
state. A 500 to 1,000-acre lake now has 9 times the number of
homes than it did in the 1960's! |
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Southern Wisconsin |
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In southeastern Wisconsin,
most lakes larger than 10 acres have extensively developed
shorelines with much of the immediate shoreline developed
during the post-war boom of the 1950's. Cottages are built on
lots barely large enough to accommodate them. Lake front
property values on popular lakes can be extremely high. For
example, on some Waukesha County lakes property values
typically range from $300,000 - $700,000 upward! |
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The lack of prime waterfront
lands means that areas once passed over for residential
development because they were too steep, wet or rocky or
located on too small of a lake, are now being developed.
Further, it is more difficult to alter these landscapes without
harming nearby resources, especially as landowners do not
always understand the impacts of their activities on the water.
As lakefront property becomes unavailable, second and third
tier subdivisions are created. These subdivisions increase
storm water delivery to the lake with associated pollutants and
intensify lake use, further increasing user conflicts.
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