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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 ).
Below is the list of named lakes/reservoirs in Wisconsin, as identified by the USGS [1] and/or the WIDNR. [2] Areas and max depths are provided by WIDNR unless otherwise noted. Alternate names are indicated in parentheses. Only included are lakes over 100 acres.
The Peshtigo River (/ ˈ p ɛ ʃ t ɪ ɡ oʊ / PESH-ti-go) is a 136-mile-long (219 km) [2] tributary of Green Bay in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Peshtigo Fire happened in the river's vicinity, and some survivors used the river for refuge from the flames. A section of whitewater on the river called the Roaring Rapids is well known in the ...
Black River (Wisconsin–Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan; ... USGS Geographic Names Information System; USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Wisconsin (1974)
Aquifers of the United States are organized by national principal aquifer codes and names assigned by the National Water Information System (NWIS). Aquifers are identified by a geohydrologic unit code (a three-digit number related to the age of the formation) followed by a 4 or 5 character abbreviation for the geologic unit or aquifer name. [10]
USGS operates a number of water-related programs, notably the National Streamflow Information Program [22] and National Water-Quality Assessment Program. [23] USGS Water data is publicly available from their National Water Information System [24] database.
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]
Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 181.7 square miles (470.6 km 2) in the state's Northern Highland region. The river flows for much of its length through a series of lakes ; the network of 28 lakes in the Eagle River's watershed is locally claimed to be the "world's largest chain ...