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Lake Petenwell is an artificial lake on the Wisconsin River in central Wisconsin. It is located in Adams, Juneau, and Wood counties next to Castle Rock Lake. It covers over 23,000 acres (93 km 2) and is 42 feet (13 m) deep. Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2).
Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at 237 feet (72 meters). The largest man-made lake is Petenwell Lake. Many lakes have the same names ...
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 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources explains that carbonless copy paper caused PCB pollution in the Fox River and Lake Michigan. [8] The federal government banned PCBs in 1979 due to their environmental threat to humans and other wildlife. [13]
Eurasian water-milfoil is an invasive species to Castle Rock Lake and it is being monitored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Petenwell and Castle Rock Stewards (PACRS). [13] [2] The area surrounding Castle Rock Lake is mostly central sand plains and some forested areas.
In development around a lake surrounded by mature forest and glacial landforms. [57] Tower Hill State Park: Iowa: 77 31 1922 Wisconsin River: Interprets a reconstructed shot tower where lead shot was manufactured 1832–1860. [58] The tower is on the NRHP. Whitefish Dunes State Park: Door: 863 349 1967 Lake Michigan, Clark Lake
Wisconsin DNR coordinates Snapshot Wisconsin, a citizen science project to identify animals photographed by camera traps. [27] [28] [29] Over 2,000 camera traps are hosted by volunteers across the state. [30] Snapshot Wisconsin was launched in partnership with NASA and UW-Madison; the data collected has been used in multiple scientific articles.
Wisconsin is bordered by Lake Superior in the north and Lake Michigan in the east. [37] The state has over 15,000 named lakes, totaling about 1 million acres (4,000 km 2 ). Within Wisconsin, Lakes Superior and Michigan total 6.4 million acres (26,000 km 2 ). [ 38 ]