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Reservoir Report 18-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 1680.70 264   17 G: 0, O: 9.0
Twin Lakes 1682.18 252   3 1.0
Buckatapon 1641.00 106     G: 1.0, O: 3.1
Long-on-Deerskin 1697.94 222   4 2.0
Little Deerskin 1641.48 13   0 1.0
Seven Mile 1649.77 84   1 1.0
Nine Mile 1643.60 115 2   1.0
Burnt Rollways 1625.41 678 3   1.0
Sugar Camp 1597.08 399 8   6.0
Little St. Germain 1613.76 73   2 3.0
Big St. Germain 1590.32 146   8 10.0
Pickerel 1589.97 273 1   5.0
Rainbow 1595.92 1,971 191   10.0
North Pelican 1569.16 142 8   14.0,6.0
South Pelican 1591.94 299   7 1.0
Minocqua 1584.30 414     2.0
Squirrel 1564.78 170   5 3.5
Willow 1525.96 2,336 53   4.0
Rice 1462.94 1,749     15.0
Spirit 1437.13 689   29 5.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   10,394 266 75  
Net Change     191    
Percent in Storage   80.06%      
           
Eau Pleine 1145.20 4,388 30   1.0
Entire System Summary
Total   14,782 296 75  
Net Change     221    
Percent in Storage   84.76%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage 191 315 221 365
Loss in Storage        
Regulated Flow   2,140   4,130
Net Used Release        
Natural Flow   2,455   4,495
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Ave. Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.39 6.19 8.03 -1.84
  This Year 0.23 7.90 8.03 -0.13
Lower System Last Year 0.61 6.30 8.63 -2.33
  This Year 0.46 9.91 8.63 +1.28
Entire System Last Year 0.48 6.24 8.27 -2.03
  This Year 0.32 8.61 8.27 +0.34
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1999 8,790 13,174
2000 9,110 11,964
2001 10,509 14,888
2002 11,731 16,119
2003 11,703 16,094
2004 11,210 15,664
2005 8,386 12,741
2006 9,234 13,031
2007 7,645 11,763
2008 10,394 14,782