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Powell Falls, Wisconsin
Powell Falls on the Kinnickinnic River in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout44.850926, -92.638993 · Pierce County · NID WI00079. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Kinnickinnic 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
- City Of River Falls Local Government
- Purpose
- Recreation, Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1870 · modified 1965O
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 21 ft
- Length
- 150 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled
- Storage
- 120 acre-ft · 15 acre pool
- Drainage
- 116 sq mi
- Condition
- Not Rated · 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 0.0 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (WDNR) · typed Cold
- South Fork Kinnickinnic River 0.35 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 | 16.3 mi | 63.7 °F | 1,960 cfs |
| Kinnickinnic River at Steeple Drive Nr Hammond, WI | 7.2 mi | — | — |
| St. Croix River at Afton, MN | 7.7 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 6.8 mi · boat launch · Saint Croix 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
- Lund's Fly Shop 1.0 mi · River Falls
- Walleye Willy's Bait & Tackle 15.4 mi
- Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop 15.8 mi · Lake Elmo
- Great Waters Fly Fishing 23.2 mi · Saint Paul
- Flying Pig Thrift 27.0 mi · Saint Paul · +1-651-646-9697