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Rogers Dam, Michigan
Rogers Dam on the Muskegon River in Michigan.
Open in BirdTrout43.613006, -85.479474 · Mecosta County · NID MI00195. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Muskegon 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
- Consumers Energy Company Public Utility
- Purpose
- Hydroelectric, Recreation
- Completed
- 1906
- Type
- Gravity
- Height
- 43 ft
- Length
- 800 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 4,678 acre-ft · 449 acre pool
- Drainage
- 1,749 sq mi
- Condition
- Fair · High hazard potential
- Status
- Under Remediation
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
- Ladner Creek 0.6 mi from the dam · Cold stream (MDNR VSEC) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon River near Stanwood, MI | 0.1 mi | 60.1 °F | — |
| Muskegon River at Big Rapids, MI | 5.6 mi | 58.6 °F | — |
| Muskegon River near Oxbow, MI | 11.6 mi | 68.9 °F | — |
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
- 131 Bridge 0.8 mi · boat launch · Muskegon River
- Rogers Pond 0.8 mi · boat launch · Rogers Dam Pond
- River Bend Bluffs 2.7 mi · canoe launch · Muskegon River
- Clear Lake 6.1 mi · boat launch · Clear Lake
- Townline Lake 7.7 mi · boat launch · Townline 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
- Parsley's Sport Shop 20.9 mi · Newaygo
- Pere Marquette River Lodge 26.7 mi · Baldwin
- Baldwin Bait & Tackle 27.0 mi · Baldwin
- Ed's Sport Shop 27.2 mi · Baldwin
- Johnson's Pere Marquette Lodge 27.2 mi · Baldwin