Lake Level
Current lake Level ChartLake Level Targets
The DES has issued a Notice of Decision for the final operating level of Lake Waukewan, setting the summer recreational level for Lake Waukewan at 540.0 ft and at 538.5 ft during the off-season. Snake River Beaver Dam
 Snake River Dam on 8/25/13
Beavers were busy filling in the dam on Snake River. As of Labor Day 2013, there appeared to be a few inches of head across the dam.
Electronic Level Gage in Canal
The DES maintained an electronic level gage in the Waukewan Canal near the parking lots. This gage was decommissioned on 12/31/2012. Future readings have been made from the staff gage in conjunction with changes in the number of boards in the dam.
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Lake Level ChartsManual Staff Gage in the Canal
The manual staff gage is mounted on the pipe of the former electronic level gage. Marking are in decimal feet above sea level. It was calibrated in 2011.
Levels Measured at the DamWater level measured in the pool behind the boards at the dam can differ from the level in the canal depending on the flow over the dam due to the resistance of the pipe under the road from the canal to the dam. This can become quite noticeable if there is accumulated junk at the grill at the end of the canal where the water enters the pipe.
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