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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 locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map. [1] There are 4 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025. [2]
Pages in category "Logging communities in the United States" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There's a new plan to try to help loggers navigate an increasingly tough industry in Wisconsin and its surrounding states. Timber Professionals Cooperative Enterprises formed about a year ago, and ...
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.
Before logging, the area that would become Hayward was a forest of pine and hardwoods cut by rivers and lakes. [9] In later years Ojibwe people dominated the area along with much of northern Wisconsin, [10] until the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters, when they ceded it to the U.S. [11]
The Holt and Balcom Logging Camp No. 1 in Lakewood, Wisconsin was built around 1880 in what was then timber along McCaslin Brook. It is probably the oldest lumber camp in Wisconsin still standing in its original location, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2]
Logging began in the late 1850s. Loggers came up the rivers and floated white pine logs out in spring and early summer log drives, down the Big Rib River into the Wisconsin River, down the Black River to the south, and west down the Jump and the Yellow River into the Chippewa. Log-drives continued until around 1900, when the easy-to-float white ...