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White Rapids Dam, Wisconsin
White Rapids Dam on the Menominee River in Wisconsin.
Open in BirdTrout45.482498, -87.802617 · Marinette County · NID MI00207. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Menominee 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
- Completed
- 1927
- Type
- Concrete
- Height
- 49 ft
- Length
- 1236 ft
- Spillway
- Controlled
- Storage
- 5,990 acre-ft · 465 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3,228 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
- Coldwater Creek 0.36 mi from the dam · Class II · wild supplemented (WDNR) · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee River near Mc Allister, WI | 12.8 mi | 59.3 °F | 1,280 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. 1 of the gauges above is not sending water temperature at all — a stopped gauge still answers with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say so, so those rows carry a modelled figure where one can be fitted, marked as modelled, and a dash where it cannot.
Getting to it
- Grogan Road Access 3.8 mi · boat launch · Menominee River
- Menominee River Access 5.5 mi · canoe launch · Menominee River
- Shortcut Road Boat Ramp 6.3 mi · boat launch · Menominee River West Channel
- Wolf Lake Access 7.0 mi · boat launch · Wolf 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
- Popp's Resort 21.9 mi · Crivitz · +1-715-757-3511
- Bob White Trout & Bait 33.8 mi · Coleman · +1-920-897-3812