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Badger is located on the terminal moraine of the outwash plain of a glacier that stopped in the area during the Wisconsin Glaciation approximately 12,000 years ago. The bedrock in the area consists of quartzite, sandstone, shale, and limestone. Groundwater flow is influenced by the Baraboo Hills to the north and the Wisconsin River to the east.
English: Relief location map of Wisconsin, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 47.5° N; ... (Wisconsin River tributary) Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Elk Mound; Fond du ...
The Kilbourn Dam was the first major hydroelectric station on the Wisconsin River. [3] It was named for its location in the city of Kilbourn , which changed its name to Wisconsin Dells in 1931. The dam was designed by Daniel W. Mead [ 4 ] and built from 1906 to 1909 by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company, led by Magnus Swenson of Madison ...
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 Newport Chemical Depot, previously known as the Wabash River Ordnance Works and the Newport Army Ammunition Plant, was a 6,990-acre (28.3 km 2) bulk chemical storage and destruction facility that was operated by the United States Army. It is located near Newport, in west central Indiana, thirty-two miles north of Terre Haute.
In most regions, if the atmospheric pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours, it is considered a bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclones can occur when a cold air mass collides with a warm air ...
A historic “bomb cyclone” has caused multiple deaths and mass power outages after slamming into Seattle, Washington, as it charts a destructive path through California and Oregon.
After a record-setting 6-12 inches of rainfall at the headwaters of the Kickapoo River, much of the area around the Kickapoo River faced major flooding between August 28-30, 2018. [16] Villages along the Kickapoo were hit by water 7-12 feet above flood stage. With a flood stage of 16 feet, Ontario saw the floods crest at 28.5 feet.