43.44162, -90.57774 · Richland County ·
NID WI00389. Tap the map to open this water in the
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What the runs do here
Mill Creek Offstream 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
Richland County Local Government
Purpose
Flood Risk Reduction, Debris Control
Completed
1965
Type
Earth
Height
29 ft
Length
600 ft
Spillway
Uncontrolled
Storage
220 acre-ft
Drainage
4 sq mi
Condition
Fair · Significant 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
Mill Creek
0.01 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (WDNR) · typed Cold
Higgins Creek
0.26 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (WDNR) · typed Cold
Kepler Branch
0.92 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
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