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Marion Dam, Wisconsin
Marion Dam on the North Branch Pigeon in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout44.67286, -88.88822 · Waupaca County · NID WI00090. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
North Branch Pigeon 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
- City Of Marion Local Government
- Purpose
- Recreation, Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1880 · modified 1906O;1995O
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 17 ft
- Length
- 114 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 900 acre-ft · 108 acre pool
- Drainage
- 30 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · High 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 Branch Pigeon River 0.0 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
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
- Lions Point Park Boat Launch 0.2 mi · boat launch · Marion Pond
- Wallace Park Boat Launch 0.8 mi · boat launch · Marion Pond
- Caroline Pond Boat Ramp 3.6 mi · boat launch · Caroline Pond
- Kinney Lake Access 4.1 mi · boat launch · Kinney Lake
- Keller Lake Access 4.8 mi · canoe launch · Keller Lake
- Embarrass River Canoe Launch 5.3 mi · canoe launch · Embarrass 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
- Taps And Tackle Co. 34.0 mi · Stevens Point · +1-715-341-7400