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Water Levels

Turtle-Flambeau Scenic Waters Area

Turtle-Flambeau Scenic Waters AreaWater Levels

Current water levels are available on the Xcel Energy website [exit DNR].

Background

fisherman dock
DNR Photo

Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company (CFIC) is a private corporation created by the legislature in 1911 for the purpose of building, maintaining, and operating dams and reservoirs on the Chippewa and Flambeau Rivers and their tributaries. The law directs the Company to produce as nearly a uniform flow of water as practicable in the Chippewa and Flambeau Rivers, by storing in reservoirs surplus water for discharge when the water supply is low, to improve the usefulness of the rivers for all public purposes, and to reduce flood damage.

CFIC constructed the Turtle Dam creating the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in 1926 and they continue to own and operate the dam as directed by state statute. A Memorandum of Understanding [PDF] between CFIC and the Department of Natural Resources guides dam operations.

Last revised: Thursday September 19 2019