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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 Dells were made famous in 1886 by the photographer H. H. Bennett, who took the first stop-action photo of his son jumping onto Stand Rock. [5] The Kilbourn Dam, completed in 1909, raised the water level of the Upper Dells by about 17 feet (5.2 m), flooding some of the caves and rock formations in Bennett's photographs. [6] [7]
The city takes its name from the Dells of the Wisconsin River, a scenic, glacial-formed gorge that features sandstone formations along the banks of the Wisconsin River. Wisconsin Dells is about 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Madison, the state's capital city. It is located in the greater Madison metropolitan area.
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Belle Fourche River; Big Goose Creek (near Sheridan); Big Sandy River; Bighorn River; Blacks Fork; Cheyenne River; Chugwater Creek; Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River
Large rivers, like the Wisconsin River and Fox River, have many islands as well. Doty Island , in the Fox River, is one mile wide and one and a half miles long. [ 44 ] French Island , in the Mississippi River within the city of La Crosse , covers an area of 2.02 square miles (5.2 km 2 ) and has a population of 4,207.
NOAA has released its seasonal outlook for the 2024-25 winter months, which predicts the U.S. will slowly transition into a La Niña pattern.
Dells of the Eau Claire County Park is in the north-central Wisconsin Town of Plover, [1] east of the city of Wausau. It is divided in two by the Eau Claire River . [ 1 ] The river flows through a rocky gorge to form cascades and waterfalls as it passes over and around weathered boulders, outcrops, and other formations.