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Wisconsin River at Petenwell Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 923.68 ft at 10:10PM Sep 25, 2022Highest Observation: 923.7 ft at 11:10PM Sep 25, 2022Observed: 923.67 ft at 12:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.69 ft at 1:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.69 ft at 2:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.69 ft at 3:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.68 ft at 4:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.68 ft at 5:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.66 ft at 7:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.66 ft at 8:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 9:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 10:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 11:10AM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 12:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.67 ft at 1:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 2:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 3:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.64 ft at 4:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 5:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 6:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 7:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 8:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 9:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 10:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 11:10PM Sep 26, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 12:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 1:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 2:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 3:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 4:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 5:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 6:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 8:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 9:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 10:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 11:10AM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 12:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.65 ft at 1:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 2:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 3:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 4:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 5:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 6:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 7:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 8:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 9:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 10:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 11:10PM Sep 27, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 12:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 1:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 2:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 3:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 4:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 5:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 6:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 7:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 8:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 9:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.63 ft at 10:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 11:10AM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 12:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.62 ft at 1:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 2:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 3:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 4:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 5:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 6:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 7:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 8:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 9:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 10:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 11:10PM Sep 28, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 12:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 1:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 2:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 3:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 4:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 5:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 6:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 8:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 9:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 10:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 11:10AM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 12:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 1:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 2:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 3:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 4:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 5:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 6:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 8:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 9:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 10:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 11:10PM Sep 29, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 12:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 1:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 2:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 3:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 4:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 5:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 6:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 7:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 8:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 9:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 10:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 11:10AM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 12:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 1:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 2:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 3:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 4:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 5:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 6:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 7:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 8:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 9:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 10:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 11:10PM Sep 30, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 12:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 1:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.53 ft at 2:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 3:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 4:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 5:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 6:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 7:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 8:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 9:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 10:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 11:10AM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 12:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 1:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.54 ft at 2:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 3:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 4:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 5:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.55 ft at 6:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 7:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 8:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 9:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 10:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 11:10PM Oct 01, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 12:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 1:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 2:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.61 ft at 3:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 4:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 5:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 6:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 7:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 8:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.6 ft at 9:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 10:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 11:10AM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 12:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 1:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 2:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 3:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 4:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 5:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 6:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 8:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 9:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.59 ft at 10:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 11:10PM Oct 02, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 12:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 1:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 2:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 3:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.56 ft at 4:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 5:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 6:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 8:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 9:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 10:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 11:10AM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 12:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 1:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 2:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 3:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 4:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 5:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.57 ft at 6:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 7:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 8:10PM Oct 03, 2022Observed: 923.58 ft at 9:10PM Oct 03, 2022Wisconsin Public ServicePETW3(plotting HPIRP) Graph Created (9:45PM Oct 3, 2022)ObservedLatest observed value: 923.58 ft at 9:10 PM CDT 3-Oct-2022. Flood Stage is 925 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Wisconsin River at Petenwell Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 925
Action Stage: 924
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

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(1) Downstream view at Petenwell Dam, August 9th, 2011
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Latitude: 44.057500° N, Longitude: 90.021900° W, Horizontal Datum: Unknown

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 925 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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Action stage of 924 ft is the target elevation of the lake pool. Above this level, the dam will release extra water through the gates. Lake water surface area is approximately 23,400 acres.
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