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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 ).
Wisconsin ecoregion map prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The list of ecoregions in Wisconsin are listings of terrestrial ecoregions (see also, ecosystem) in the United States' State of Wisconsin, as defined separately by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the World Wildlife Fund.
Wisconsin is located in the East North Central United States, and is considered to be a part of the Midwest. [3] The state has a total area of 65,496 square miles (169,630 km 2), making it the 23rd largest U.S. State. [4] [5] Of this area, 17% is water, primarily Lake Michigan, Superior, and the many inland lakes in Wisconsin. [6]
Big Cedar Lake, a lake located in Washington County, Wisconsin, about a mile west of Little Cedar Lake, is the biggest lake of 52 in Washington County.It has 10.2 miles of shoreline, measures over 900 acres, and has a maximum depth of 105 feet.
It was big for the time, a wooden dam 625 feet (191 m) wide and 16 feet (4.9 m) high with 32 floodgates. Its main aim was to provide reliable water for floating logs downstream, even when natural water levels were low. With its gates wide open it could raise the Chippewa 3 feet (0.91 m), 100 miles (160 km) downstream.
State Trunk Highway 21 (often called Highway 21, STH-21 or WIS 21) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west across the center of the state between Sparta and Oshkosh . The highway often serves as a direct route for travelers between Appleton and Oshkosh to Tomah and La Crosse .
Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA. [1] It was formed by the construction of the Prairie du Sac Dam, which was begun in 1911 and completed in 1914. It is part of the Wisconsin River system of reservoirs. The lake has a maximum depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). [2] It has an area of 7,197 acres (29.13 km 2). [2]
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