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Bad Axe 12 Dam, Wisconsin
Bad Axe 12 Dam on the North Fork of Bad Axe River in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout43.611533, -91.011865 · Vernon County · NID WI00904. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
North Fork of Bad Axe 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
- Vernon County Local Government
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation
- Completed
- 1974
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 73 ft
- Length
- 790 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 6,500 acre-ft · 45 acre pool
- Drainage
- 30 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Low hazard potential
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
- North Fork Bad Axe River 0.0 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (WDNR) · typed Cold
- Springville Branch Bad Axe River 1.35 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (WDNR) · typed Cold
Coldwater designation is the state's own classification. A dam sits on one river and this list is every designated reach within a mile and a half of it, so a tributary mouth shows up here too.
Water right now
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 20 miles of this dam, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Getting to it
- Runge Hollow Lake Boat Ramp 0.1 mi · boat launch · Runge Hollow Lake
- Runge Hollow Lake Fishing Pier 0.1 mi · walk in · Runge Hollow Lake
- Sidie Hollow County Park Boat Ramp 5.9 mi · boat launch · Sidie Hollow Lake
- Coon Creek Fishing Walkway 6.4 mi · walk in · Coon Creek
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
- The Driftless Angler 7.2 mi · Viroqua
- River n Ridge Outdoors 20.0 mi · +15635384188
- Tri State Bait & Tackle 21.1 mi · La Crescent
- American Outfitters 32.4 mi