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North Pelican Dam, Wisconsin
North Pelican Dam on the North Pelican River in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout45.6346, -89.2439 · Oneida County · NID WI00772. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
North Pelican 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 Valley Improvement Company Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Flood Risk Reduction
- Completed
- 1908
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 11 ft
- Length
- 232 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 8,058 acre-ft
- Drainage
- 95 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
- Spring Creek 0.46 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
- Thompson Lake Boat Launch 4.0 mi · boat launch · Thompson Lake
- George Lake Public Access 4.2 mi · boat launch · George Lake
- Ginty Lake Access 4.2 mi · boat launch · Ginty Lake
- Moen Lake Access 4.3 mi · boat launch · Moen Lake
- Mars Lake Access 5.2 mi · boat launch · Mars Lake
- Stella Lake Access 5.9 mi · boat launch · Stella 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
- Hawks Nest Outfitters 19.4 mi
- Chuck's Sport Shop 25.8 mi
- Aquatic Arts Fishing Pro Shop 25.8 mi