43.583333, -86.483333 · Oceana County ·
NID MI00016. Tap the map to open this water in the
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What the runs do here
Au Sable 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
Upper Silver Lake Improvement Assoc Private
Purpose
Recreation
Completed
1964
Type
Earth
Height
25 ft
Length
475 ft
Spillway
Controlled, 5 ft wide
Storage
1,500 acre-ft · 126 acre pool
Drainage
12 sq mi
Condition
Satisfactory · High 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
Stony Creek
0.64 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
The dam sits on or beside West Michigan Underwater Preserve.
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.
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