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Coon Creek 35 Dam, Wisconsin
Coon Creek 35 Dam on Tr Coon Creek in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout43.75762, -90.96919 · La Crosse County · NID WI00366. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Tr Coon Creek 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
- La Crosse County Local Government
- Purpose
- Debris Control, Flood Risk Reduction
- Completed
- 1962
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 31 ft
- Length
- 575 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled
- Storage
- 109 acre-ft
- Drainage
- 1 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Rated · 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
- Coon Creek 0.67 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
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek at State Highway 21 near Angelo, WI | 17.7 mi | 55.9 °F | 46 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.
Getting to it
- Coon Creek Fishing Walkway 4.5 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 14.4 mi · Viroqua
- Tri State Bait & Tackle 17.4 mi · La Crescent
- American Outfitters 22.8 mi
- River n Ridge Outdoors 30.0 mi · +15635384188