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West Fork Kickapoo 1 Dam, Wisconsin
West Fork Kickapoo 1 Dam on the West Fork Kickapoo in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout43.68887, -90.7987 · Vernon County · NID WI00418. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
West Fork Kickapoo 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
- Vernon County Local Government
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation
- Completed
- 1969 · modified 2000O
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 63 ft
- Length
- 1000 ft
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled
- Storage
- 2,345 acre-ft · 51 acre pool
- Drainage
- 8 sq mi
- Condition
- Unsatisfactory · 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
- West Fork Kickapoo River 0.01 mi from the dam · Class I · wild (WDNR) · typed Cold
- Knapp Creek 1.22 mi from the dam · Class III · stocked (WDNR)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek at State Highway 21 near Angelo, WI | 19.3 mi | 55.9 °F | 46 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
The dam sits on or beside public land, SDNR.
- Jersey Valley Lake Fishing Pier 0.2 mi · walk in · Jersey Valley 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
- The Driftless Angler 10.2 mi · Viroqua
- American Outfitters 23.3 mi
- Tri State Bait & Tackle 27.0 mi · La Crescent
- River n Ridge Outdoors 30.7 mi · +15635384188