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Reservoir Report 29-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 1679.88 100   8 G: Clear, O: 0.0
Twin Lakes 1680.68 17 6   8.0
Buckatapon 1639.70 50   3 G: 8.0
Long-on-Deerskin 1696.74 93   8 6.0
Little Deerskin 1641.10 7   0 23.0
Seven Mile 1646.35 11 1   2.0
Nine Mile 1640.80 31 27   4.0
Burnt Rollways 1623.75 187   20 8.0
Sugar Camp 1595.55 262   30 18.0
Little St. Germain 1612.16 5   1 3.0
Big St. Germain 1589.18 68   1 24.0,16.0
Pickerel 1588.91 225   3 10.0
Rainbow 1594.38 1,696   91 22.0
North Pelican 1566.72 6   12 18.0
South Pelican 1590.70 109   3 18.0
Minocqua 1583.09 93   43 24.0
Squirrel 1562.64 10   24 9.5
Willow 1522.76 1,566   84 20.0
Rice 1456.84 685   41 27.0
Spirit 1430.32 226   34 3.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   5,445 34 407  
Net Change       373  
Percent in Storage   41.94%      
           
Eau Pleine 1133.98 1,668 54   1.0
Entire System Summary
Total   7,113 88 407  
Net Change       319  
Percent in Storage   40.79%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage        
Loss in Storage 373 617 319 527
Regulated Flow   1,932   2,564
Net Used Release 373 617 319 527
Natural Flow   1,315   2,037
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Average Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.02 1.50 1.05 +0.45
  This Year 0.45 1.42 1.05 +0.37
Lower System Last Year 0.00 1.30 1.01 +0.29
  This Year 0.25 0.72 1.01 -0.29
Entire System Last Year 0.01 1.40 1.03 +0.37
  This Year 0.38 1.17 1.03 +0.14
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1997 7,547 11,151
1998 4,698 6,519
1999 4,470 5,882
2000 3,285 4,133
2001 3,649 5,533
2002 7,355 10,069
2003 4,856 7,301
2004 4,488 5,652
2005 5,270 7,315
2006 5,445 7,113