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Lake Winnebago is not man-made, but its level was raised about three feet (0.9 m) by two dams on either side of Doty Island, erected in 1850 and 1930. The lake level is today regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet demands for flood control, to reduce ice damage to private property, to release water for hydropower and pollution ...
This article lists the largest lakes, natural and man-made, in the United States by volume—the amount of water they contain under normal conditions. Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake.
The 2024 season, which will run through Feb. 25, has so far yielded 353 total sturgeon — 249 from Lake Winnebago and 104 from the Upriver Lakes — as of Feb. 19.
Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...
Water levels are low in the Appleton navigational canal, as seen in this view of Appleton lock 3 near Lawe Street. ... The lower Fox River falls 168 feet from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay ...
Open water was found in many places on Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes. Ice shoves as tall as 10 feet lined parts of Winnebago's western shore and a seam of open water prevented most access ...
The Winnebago Pool is a collective name for a group of interconnected lakes in eastern Wisconsin. [1] The terminal point of this watershed is Lake Winnebago itself, which has a surface elevation of 746 feet. Besides Lake Winnebago, the Winnebago Pool includes Big Lake Butte des Morts, Lake Poygan and Lake Winneconne.
The DNR cited Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin's largest lake, as a water prone to ice heaves and pressure ridges. And it named Green Bay as a water body in which ice can break away, stranding anglers. ...