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Menominee Dam, Michigan
Menominee Dam on the Menominee River in Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout45.107, -87.6373 · Menominee County · NID WI00875. 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
- NEW Hydro, Inc Private
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Other
- Completed
- 1924
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 24 ft
- Length
- 456 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 456 ft wide
- Storage
- 650 acre-ft · 143 acre pool
- Drainage
- 4,060 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Low 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
No designated coldwater reach within a mile and a half of this structure.
Water right now
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peshtigo River at Peshtigo | 6.6 mi | 61.9 °F | 365 cfs |
| Menominee River at Hwy 41 at Marinette, WI | 0.6 mi | — | — |
| Menominee River near Mc Allister, WI | 15.2 mi | 59.3 °F | 1,280 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. 2 of the gauges above are 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
- Stephenson Island Boat Landing 0.5 mi · boat launch · Menominee River
- Boom Landing 0.8 mi · boat launch · Menominee River
- Cox Landing 1.3 mi · boat launch · Upper Scott Flowage
- 6th Street Slip 1.6 mi · boat launch · Menominee River
- Red Arrow Park Boat Ramp 2.7 mi · boat launch · Lake Michigan
- Little River Boat Landing 4.4 mi · boat launch · Little 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
- Bob White Trout & Bait 20.7 mi · Coleman · +1-920-897-3812
- The Sports Shop 22.1 mi
- Popp's Resort 29.8 mi · Crivitz · +1-715-757-3511