Dam History – Collection of documents from the Wisconsin DNR

Dam Summary – From Wisconsin DNR

Wisconsin DNR Webpage – Search for muskellunge creek

Dam Location – Plat map

2021 Photos – Photo 1 and Photo 2

Dam Benchmarks – Location of the benchmarks for the dam

Dam Memo (1993) – Note from 1993

The dam on Muskellunge Lake has an old history of many who desire to change the lake level. Some want it higher, some lower. In the last several years many have commented that it seems low compared to historical water marks. Some felt that water was going around or under the dam. Some felt the concrete dam had settled. 

In July 2024, Mark Fouts and Joe Hubers searched out and found several of the historical benchmark locations listed in prior records. They secured a laser transit and shot the elevations of the dam and the spillway. The surprise result was the dam and spillway are at the exact elevations as when the dam was built in 1993. So, the 2023 drought may have left unusually low levels, and the very rainy June of 2024 gave us some very high levels that take a few days to drain away.