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Kingsford Dam, Michigan
Kingsford Dam on the Menominee River in Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout45.8083, -88.1267 · Dickinson County · NID MI00177. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Menominee 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
- Wisconsin Electric Power Company Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Recreation
- Completed
- 1924
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 38 ft
- Length
- 849 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 6,891 acre-ft · 595 acre pool
- Drainage
- 2,367 sq mi
- Condition
- Fair · Low hazard potential
- Status
- Under Investigation, Planning, Permitting, or Design for Remediation
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
- Little Popple River 0.68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popple River near Fence, WI | 16.5 mi | 57.4 °F | 27 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
- Ellwood Lake Access 3.2 mi · boat launch · Ellwood Lake
- Sand Lake Park Access 4.9 mi · canoe launch · Sand Lake
- Pine River Access- Oxbow Put-In 5.1 mi · canoe launch · Pine River
- Lake Anna Access 5.2 mi · canoe launch · Lake Anna
- Pine River Canoe Access- Oxbow Take-Out 5.3 mi · canoe launch · Pine River
- Fischer Lake Boat Ramp 5.7 mi · boat launch · Fischer Lake
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
- Popp's Resort 34.7 mi · Crivitz · +1-715-757-3511