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The natural Saint Croix Falls was a series of rapids with a drop of about 55 feet (17 m) over six miles (9.7 km). [7] The water power served the lumber industry in the nineteenth century before the construction of the current hydroelectric dam from 1905 to 1907.
St. Croix Falls Dam, Indianhead Flowage on the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), Xcel Energy; Sandstone Rapids Dam, Sandstone Reservoir, Wisconsin Public Service Co. Stone Lake Dam, 45.83244, -91.56426; Sturgeon Falls Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Menominee River, City of Norway, Michigan (between Wisconsin and Michigan)
St. Croix Falls is a city in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,208 at the 2020 census. [2] The city is located within the Town of St. Croix Falls along the St. Croix River, from which it takes its name. U.S. Route 8, Wisconsin Highway 35, and Wisconsin Highway 87 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.
US 8 enters Polk County at St. Croix Falls as a multilane roadway. It joins State Trunk Highway 35 (WIS 35) at a diamond interchange located approximately one mile (1.6 km) from the state line. The two highways run concurrently for four miles (6.4 km) before WIS 35 turns off to the north at a location in the Town of St. Croix Falls west of Deer ...
The Wisconsin park is 1,330 acres (538 ha) and the Minnesota park is 298 acres (121 ha). The towns of Taylors Falls, Minnesota and St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin are adjacent to the park. Interstate Park is within the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway and the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.
State Trunk Highway 87 (often called Highway 87, STH-87 or WIS 87) is a state highway in Polk and Burnett counties in the US state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in the northwestern portion of the state from St. Croix Falls to Grantsburg. It was first designated as a state highway in 1924.
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Below River Falls, the bed is wider and is generally composed of stone rather than sand or silt. A substantial amount of silt and sand are deposited in the delta, enough that that section of the St. Croix is known as the "Kinnickinnic Narrows." [8] The water is slightly colder above the City of River Falls than below by about 4.5 degrees ...