46.1595, -88.236 · Iron County ·
NID MI00205. Tap the map to open this water in the
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What the runs do here
Michigamme 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
Wisconsin Electric Power Company Public Utility
Purpose
Hydroelectric, Recreation, Flood Risk Reduction
Completed
1941
Type
Concrete
Height
73 ft
Length
345 ft
Spillway
Controlled
Storage
125,350 acre-ft · 6,400 acre pool
Drainage
645 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
Clarks Creek
0.06 mi from the dam · Cold transitional stream (MDNR VSEC) · typed Cold-transitional
Kelso River
0.85 mi from the dam · Cold transitional stream (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
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.
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