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Allegan Dam, Michigan
Allegan Dam on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout42.5638, -85.9538 · Allegan County · NID MI00151. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Kalamazoo River carries no anadromous run on our corridor map, so this page makes no claim about salmon or steelhead at this dam. What it sits on is coldwater — resident trout water — and the section below says which classification says so.
The structure
- Owner
- Consumers Energy Company Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1936
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 30 ft
- Length
- 1335 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 20,640 acre-ft · 1,600 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1,550 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Low hazard potential
- Status
- Normal Operations
From the National Inventory of Dams (USACE). Hazard potential is a downstream-consequence classification, not a statement about the structure's condition.
The water above and below
No designated coldwater reach within a mile and a half of this structure.
Water right now
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo River at New Richmond, MI | 9.8 mi | 63.5 °F | 2,290 cfs |
| Kalamazoo River near Allegan, MI | 9.7 mi | — | 1,910 cfs |
Live from USGS. A gauge miles away is a gauge miles away — the distance column is there so you can discount it. A hydro dam's releases move the flow below it on a schedule the gauge sees and this page does not. 1 of the gauges above is not sending water temperature at all — a stopped gauge still answers with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say so, so those rows carry a modelled figure where one can be fitted, marked as modelled, and a dash where it cannot.
Getting to it
- Allegan Dam East 0.2 mi · boat launch · Kalamazoo River
- Lake Allegan West 0.2 mi · boat launch · Lake Allegan
- Swan Creek Pond 1.5 mi · boat launch · Swan Creek Pond
- Kalamazoo River M-89 Landing 2.6 mi · walk in
- Echo Point 2.6 mi · boat launch · Lake Allegan
- Bear Creek 126th Avenue 3.2 mi · walk in
Public access sites near the dam, straight-line distance. A dam itself is private property unless its owner says otherwise; these are the places the state lists as open.
Fly shops nearby
- Mac Baits 18.7 mi · Holland
- Nomad Anglers 31.2 mi · Grand Rapids
- Bob's Gun & Tackle Shop 32.1 mi · Hastings · +1 269-945-4106