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Reservoir Report 11-May-2008
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 1680.78 281   16 G:10.0, O: 11.0
Twin Lakes 1682.20 255 19   1.0
Buckatapon 1641.00 106     G: 1.0, O: 3.1
Long-on-Deerskin 1697.98 227   7 2.0
Little Deerskin 1641.52 13   1 1.0
Seven Mile 1649.80 85   7 2.0
Nine Mile 1643.55 114   7 7.0
Burnt Rollways 1625.40 675   104 30.0
Sugar Camp 1597.00 391   12 24.0
Little St. Germain 1613.80 75 2   4.0
Big St. Germain 1590.44 154 7   16.0,6.0
Pickerel 1589.95 272   5 6.0
Rainbow 1594.86 1,780 559   8.0
North Pelican 1569.02 134   2 44.0,6.0
South Pelican 1591.98 305     12.0
Minocqua 1584.30 414 27   2.0
Squirrel 1564.84 175 27   1.5
Willow 1525.75 2,282 188   4.0
Rice 1462.94 1,749 124   8.0
Spirit 1437.45 717   39 10.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   10,203 953 198  
Net Change     755    
Percent in Storage   78.59%      
           
Eau Pleine 1145.10 4,358 9   1.0,3.0
Entire System Summary
Total   14,561 962 198  
Net Change     764    
Percent in Storage   83.49%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage 755 1,248 764 1,263
Loss in Storage        
Regulated Flow   4,563   10,016
Net Used Release        
Natural Flow   5,811   11,279
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Ave. Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.73 5.80 7.28 -1.48
  This Year 0.08 7.67 7.28 +0.39
Lower System Last Year 0.18 5.69 7.80 -2.11
  This Year 0.65 9.45 7.80 +1.65
Entire System Last Year 0.53 5.76 7.48 -1.72
  This Year 0.30 8.29 7.48 +0.81
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1999 8,186 12,499
2000 9,140 11,795
2001 10,592 14,974
2002 11,856 16,229
2003 11,027 15,471
2004 10,771 15,063
2005 8,156 12,436
2006 8,686 12,415
2007 7,664 11,953
2008 10,203 14,561