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Eau Galle Dam, Wisconsin
Eau Galle Dam on the Eau Galle in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout44.855931, -92.23968 · Pierce County · NID WI00780. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Eau Galle 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
- USACE - St. Paul District Federal
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction, Fish and Wildlife Pond, Recreation
- Completed
- 1968
- Type
- Rockfill
- Height
- 127 ft
- Length
- 1800 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 10 ft wide
- Storage
- 56,900 acre-ft · 880 acre pool
- Drainage
- 64 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Available · High 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
- Eau Galle River 0.09 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (WDNR) · typed Cold
- Lousy Creek 0.33 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (WDNR) · typed Cold
- Mines Creek 0.46 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (WDNR) · typed Cold
- Burkhart Creek 0.96 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnickinnic River at Steeple Drive Nr Hammond, WI | 15.0 mi | — | — |
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
- Eau Galle Lake Recreation Area Boat Ramp 0.2 mi · boat launch · Lake George
- Lousy Creek Landing 0.5 mi · boat launch · Lake George
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
- Bait on Broadway 15.3 mi · Menomonie
- Red Cedar Fly Fishing 15.4 mi · Menomonie
- Lund's Fly Shop 18.8 mi · River Falls
- Walleye Willy's Bait & Tackle 30.7 mi
- Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop 32.9 mi · Lake Elmo