46.353, -89.2068 · Ontonagon County ·
NID MI02621. Tap the map to open this water in the
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What the runs do here
Sucker Creek 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
Leaders Bank Private
Purpose
Hydroelectric
Type
Earth
Height
15 ft
Length
420 ft
Spillway
Uncontrolled, 26 ft wide
Storage
360 acre-ft · 60 acre pool
Drainage
10 sq mi
Condition
Satisfactory · 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
Sucker Creek
0.38 mi from the dam · Cold stream (MDNR VSEC) · typed Cold
Scott and Howe Creek
1.47 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
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
No listed public access site within 8 miles of this dam.
Fly shops nearby
Watersmeet Fish Hatchery
6.8 mi
Silver Doctor Fly Fishing
26.6 mi · Boulder Junction
BirdTrout
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