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Kerr Upper Dam, Michigan
Kerr Upper Dam sits above the Tippy Dam, which is the ceiling for the Manistee River, so no lake run reaches this water.
Open in BirdTrout44.428333, -85.691667 · Wexford County · NID MI01907. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
No lake run reaches this dam. The Manistee River's anadromous ceiling is the Tippy Dam, downstream of here — fish out of Lake Michigan stop there, so salmon and steelhead never arrive at this structure and a run calendar on this page would be an invention.
The structure
- Owner
- Marlin Kerr Private
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 25 ft
- Length
- 350 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 3 ft wide
- Storage
- 39 acre-ft · 3 acre pool
- 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
- Manistee River 0.48 mi from the dam · Cold transitional large river (MDNR VSEC) · typed Cold-transitional
- Burkett Creek 0.72 mi from the dam · Cold stream (MDNR VSEC) · typed Cold
- Cole Creek 0.75 mi from the dam · Cold stream (MDNR VSEC) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manistee River near Sherman, MI | 0.7 mi | 54.7 °F | 945 cfs |
| Manistee River near Mesick, MI | 7.8 mi | 62.4 °F | 1,110 cfs |
| Pine River at High School Bridge Nr Hoxeyville, MI | 16.7 mi | 52.2 °F | 209 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
- Harvey Bridge 2.6 mi · boat launch · Manistee River
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
- Andy's Tackle Box 17.9 mi · Brethren
- Schmidt Outfitters 19.8 mi · Wellston
- Hawkins Outfitters 23.1 mi · Traverse City
- Streamside Orvis 23.4 mi · Traverse City
- The Northern Angler 23.4 mi · Traverse City · +1-231-933-4730