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Reservoir Report 20-May-2007
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 1679.98 119   4 G: Closed, O: 8.0
Twin Lakes 1682.22 258 6   1.0
Buckatapon 1640.58 87 5   1.0
Long-on-Deerskin 1697.06 127   4 2.0
Little Deerskin 1641.25 10     1.0
Seven Mile 1648.95 66 2   1.0
Nine Mile 1643.54 113   7 2.0
Burnt Rollways 1625.20 610 26   1.0
Sugar Camp 1596.68 361 9   1.0
Little St. Germain 1613.58 66     1.5
Big St. Germain 1590.16 135 3   12.0,2.0
Pickerel 1589.92 270 1   2.0
Rainbow 1589.23 940   38 12.0
North Pelican 1569.10 139     6.0
South Pelican 1591.40 216   3 1.0
Minocqua 1584.52 477 11   2.0
Squirrel 1564.02 110   3 1.5
Willow 1523.48 1,730 5   6.0
Rice 1460.29 1,257 36   12.0
Spirit 1435.55 556   64 5.0
Upper System Summary      
Total   7,647 103 122  
Net Change       19  
Percent in Storage   58.90%      
           
Eau Pleine 1144.30 4,118   171 11.0
Entire System Summary
Total   11,765 103 293  
Net Change       190  
Percent in Storage   67.46%      
Weekly Average Flow Analysis
  Merrill Wisconsin Rapids
  MCF Ave. CFS MCF Ave. CFS
Gain in Storage        
Loss in Storage 19 32 190 314
Regulated Flow   1,503   2,421
Net Used Release 19 32 190 314
Natural Flow   1,471   2,107
Average Precipitation This Week in Inches of Water
  Week's Year to Date
Area   Average Observed Normal Departure
Upper System Last Year 0.22 7.71 8.14 -0.43
  This Year 0.39 6.19 8.14 -1.95
Lower System Last Year 0.16 6.97 8.75 -1.78
  This Year 0.61 6.30 8.75 -2.45
Entire System Last Year 0.20 7.46 8.38 -0.92
  This Year 0.48 6.24 8.38 -2.14
10-Year Storage Comparison
  Upper Entire
Year System System
1998 8,869 12,829
1999 10,136 14,535
2000 9,110 11,964
2001 10,509 14,888
2002 11,731 16,119
2003 11,703 16,094
2004 11,296 15,713
2005 8,674 13,131
2006 9,234 13,031
2007 7,647 11,765