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Reservoir Report 1-Jan-2006
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company
Reservoir Current
Water
Elevation
Current
Storage
(MCF)
Storage
Gain
(MCF)
Storage
Loss
(MCF)
Gates (Inches)
G: Gate
O: Overflow
Lac Vieux Desert 1680.16 155   16 G: Clear, O: 0.0
Twin Lakes 1681.00 67   22 10.0
Buckatapon 1640.28 74   4 G: 8.0
Long-on-Deerskin 1697.22 144   12 6.0
Little Deerskin 1641.24 9   1 23.0
Seven Mile 1646.68 18 5   2.0
Nine Mile 1640.68 28   5 8.0
Burnt Rollways 1624.43 372   81 14.0
Sugar Camp 1596.00 300 5   18.0
Little St. Germain 1612.62 24   7 5.0
Big St. Germain 1589.46 87   4 20.0,16.0
Pickerel 1589.23 239   1 10.0
Rainbow 1596.02 1,990 13   19.0
North Pelican 1567.70 60   15 18.0
South Pelican 1590.92 142   10 18.0
Minocqua 1583.52 203   36 24.0
Squirrel 1563.58 77   12 11.5
Willow 1524.16 1,892   5 14.0
Rice 1457.70 819   16 21.0
Spirit 1432.89 366   37 3.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   7,068 22 284  
Net Change       262  
Percent in Storage   54.44%      
           
Eau Pleine 1133.76 1,630   10 1.0
Entire System Summary
Total   8,698 22 294  
Net Change       272  
Percent in Storage   49.87%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage        
Loss in Storage 262 433 272 449
Regulated Flow   1,895   2,648
Net Used Release 262 433 272 449
Natural Flow   1,462   2,199
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Average Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.67 0.67 0.04 +0.63
  This Year 0.48 0.48 0.04 +0.44
Lower System Last Year 0.42 0.42 0.03 +0.39
  This Year 0.12 0.12 0.03 +0.09
Entire System Last Year 0.56 0.56 0.04 +0.52
  This Year 0.34 0.34 0.04 +0.30
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1997 9,267 13,135
1998 6,670 9,341
1999 4,963 6,592
2000 4,383 5,409
2001 4,876 7,193
2002 9,197 12,513
2003 7,255 10,557
2004 5,825 7,225
2005 6,949 9,287
2006 7,068 8,698