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Reservoir Report 12-Feb-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     G: Clear, O: 0.0
Twin Lakes 1680.58 2     4.0
Buckatapon 1639.56 44   4 8.0
Long-on-Deerskin 1696.48 66   21 6.0
Little Deerskin 1641.14 8   1 23.0
Seven Mile 1646.20 8   6 2.0
Nine Mile 1639.18 0   28 12.0
Burnt Rollways 1623.71 177   13 8.0
Sugar Camp 1594.65 185 27   18.0
Little St. Germain 1612.06 0   8 5.0
Big St. Germain 1589.12 64   4 24.0,16.0
Pickerel 1588.87 224   2 10.0
Rainbow 1593.14 1,490   114 26.0
North Pelican 1566.60 0     3 @ 18
South Pelican 1590.58 91   9 18.0
Minocqua 1582.96 60   18 24.0
Squirrel 1562.66 11   3 7.5
Willow 1522.17 1,436   71 20.0
Rice 1456.40 620   53 27.0
Spirit 1429.02 170   29 3.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   4,755 27 384  
Net Change       357  
Percent in Storage   36.63%      
           
Eau Pleine 1133.29 1,554   125 11.0
Entire System Summary
Total   6,310 27 509  
Net Change       482  
Percent in Storage   36.18%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage        
Loss in Storage 357 591 482 797
Regulated Flow   1,857   2,858
Net Used Release 357 591 482 797
Natural Flow   1,266   2,061
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Average Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.34 1.94 1.54 +0.40
  This Year 0.02 2.14 1.54 +0.60
Lower System Last Year 0.18 1.50 1.52 -0.02
  This Year 0.07 1.13 1.52 -0.39
Entire System Last Year 0.29 1.76 1.53 +0.23
  This Year 0.04 1.78 1.53 +0.25
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1997 6,421 9,514
1998 3,785 5,146
1999 4,225 5,494
2000 2,901 3,643
2001 3,108 4,760
2002 6,457 8,838
2003 1,986 6,033
2004 3,993 5,060
2005 4,642 6,670
2006 4,755 6,310