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Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2). It was created in 1948 by the Wisconsin River Power Company with the construction of a dam across the Wisconsin River near Necedah. [1] It has a maximum depth of 42 feet (13 m) and is used for water skiing, sailing and fishing.
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).
Castle Rock Lake is an artificial lake on the Wisconsin River.It is located in central Wisconsin in Adams County and Juneau County.The lake has an inflow from Petenwell Lake, Yellow River, Big Roche a Cri., and Klien Creek. [1]
Monroe is located in northwestern Adams County, along Petenwell Lake, a large reservoir on the Wisconsin River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.5 square miles (99.6 km 2), of which 21.9 square miles (56.7 km 2) is land and 16.6 square miles (42.9 km 2), or 43.11%, is water. [5]
Devil's Lake (Wisconsin) Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin) Eagle River (Wisconsin River tributary) Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Elk Mound; Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Geneva Lake; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport; Half Moon Lake (Polk County, Wisconsin) Hudson, Wisconsin; Interstate Park; Janesville, Wisconsin
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.
Strongs Prairie is located along the Wisconsin River, the western border of Adams County. Two impoundments on the river, Castle Rock Lake and Petenwell Lake , are partly within the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 52.0 square miles (134.6 km 2 ), of which 47.1 square miles (122.0 km 2 ) is land ...