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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Prairie du Sac Dam is the widest dam on the Wisconsin River [11] and has a generation capacity of about 31 MW. [13] The dam has a hollow concrete structure and is anchored to the sandy riverbed by a pile foundation. The hydroelectric power station is a 330-foot-long (100 m), three story red brick structure at the west end of the dam.
The Jim Falls Hydroelectric Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Chippewa River by Jim Falls, Wisconsin. It is owned and operated by Xcel Energy. The dam forms Old Abe Lake. It is one of the six hydroelectric dams on the Chippewa River, the others are in Holcombe, Cornell, Wissota, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire. [2] [3]
Five PL-566 dams in Vernon, La Crosse and Monroe counties failed during an intense 2018 storm. Now officials weigh whether 23 similar dams need to go. After Wisconsin dams failed in a massive ...
"In the years to come, state and local leaders face difficult choices about where to invest in maintaining and improving dams," a new report said. Wisconsin has more than 4,000 dams. Failures are ...
All reservoirs in Wisconsin should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs In Wisconsin; See also category Lakes of Wisconsin
Pages in category "Dams in Wisconsin" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Kickapoo River; Kilbourn Dam; Lake Koshkonong; L. Lock and Dam ...
The project consists of a 510 feet (155.4 m) long 50 feet (15.2 m) high dam located near Cedar Falls, Wisconsin. Its powerhouse contains three 2,000 kW electrical generators with a total capacity of 7.1 MW. The facility can produce over 33.6 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year. [2] It is a modified run-of-the-river hydroelectricity ...