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Redmon (Marshall) Perrin 1 Dam, Michigan
Redmon (Marshall) Perrin 1 Dam on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout42.262, -84.953 · Calhoun County · NID MI00027. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Kalamazoo 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
- Marshall, City of Local Government
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric
- Completed
- 1893
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 12 ft
- Length
- 150 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 212 ft wide
- Storage
- 1,775 acre-ft · 130 acre pool
- Drainage
- 352 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · High 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
- Rice Creek 0.36 mi from the dam · Cold transitional small river (MDNR VSEC) · typed Cold-transitional
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Creek near Ceresco, MI | 8.4 mi | 57.9 °F | 5 cfs |
| Hog Creek at Cady Rd at Hodunk, MI | 17.2 mi | 59.9 °F | 110 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.
Getting to it
- Rice Creek Ketchum Park 0.5 mi · walk in
- Upper Brace Lake 2.5 mi · boat launch · Upper Brace Lake
- Rice Creek Partello Road 2.8 mi · walk in
- Lanes Lake 7.2 mi · boat launch · Lane Lake
- Winnipeg Lake 8.0 mi · boat launch · Winnipeg 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
- Bob's Gun & Tackle Shop 32.8 mi · Hastings · +1 269-945-4106