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Peterson Betlach Group Dam, Wisconsin
Peterson Betlach Group Dam on the Trib. Kinnickinnic in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout44.836479, -92.653822 · Pierce County · NID WI00554. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Trib. Kinnickinnic 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
- Peterson Betlach Private
- Purpose
- Debris Control, Grade Stabilization
- Completed
- 1972
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 30 ft
- Length
- 606 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 30 ft wide
- Storage
- 31 acre-ft
- Drainage
- 0 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Available · Low 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
- Kinnickinnic River 0.26 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
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Croix River at Stillwater, MN | 16.9 mi | 63.7 °F | 1,850 cfs |
| St. Croix River at Afton, MN | 7.5 mi | — | — |
| Kinnickinnic River at Steeple Drive Nr Hammond, WI | 8.4 mi | — | — |
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
- Cove Boat Ramp 6.9 mi · boat launch · Saint Croix River
- St. Croix River, St Croix Bluffs Regional Park Public Water Access Site 7.0 mi · boat launch
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
- Lund's Fly Shop 2.3 mi · River Falls
- Walleye Willy's Bait & Tackle 15.8 mi
- Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop 15.9 mi · Lake Elmo
- Great Waters Fly Fishing 22.9 mi · Saint Paul
- Flying Pig Thrift 26.6 mi · Saint Paul · +1-651-646-9697