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Lake Delton is a man-made freshwater lake in Sauk County in central Wisconsin. For much of 2008, it was a mostly empty lake basin after a portion of a county highway that forms part of the dike wall eroded on June 9, 2008, under the pressure of floods in the area .
The lake became nearly empty and the escaping flood water created a new channel for the Wisconsin River about a quarter mile away from the dam. [49] [50] Wisconsin National Guard engineers began repairs on the dam the same day, but with the breach being about 400 feet (120 m) wide, the repairs weren't expected to be completed for over a year. [51]
The name Lake Delton was taken after the construction of the Dell Creek dam creating a reservoir also known as Lake Delton. The village was incorporated in 1954. [7] On June 9, 2008, Lake Delton, the approximately 267-acre (1.08 km 2) dammed artificial lake adjacent to the village, overflowed its banks, washing away four homes and a portion of ...
"In the years to come, state and local leaders face difficult choices about where to invest in maintaining and improving dams," a new report said.
The Manawa Dam itself appears in tact and did not fail, Severson said at a Friday news conference, but there is a lot of erosion on the north side of the structure and in the land surrounding the dam.
The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf River was breached Friday afternoon by rain-driven floodwaters that eroded an estimated 50-foot-wide (15.2-meter-wide) portion of the dam, said Manawa ...
Lake Delton (Wisconsin), a lake in Sauk County, Wisconsin This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 04:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf ...