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Beaver Creek: Summary of Sediment Volume Data for Lake Marinuka

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Lake Marinuka
Galesville, Wisconsin

Sediment Volumes in Acre-Feet

Segment No.1 Original Lake Area (Acres) Present Lake Area (Acres) Present Area of Modern Sediment Above Crest (Acres) Original Lake Volume (Acre-Feet) Present Sediment Volume Below Crest (Acre-Feet) Present Sediment Volume Above Crest (Acre-Feet) Loss of Reservoir Capacity to Date (%)
0 0.29 0.29 None 1.27 0.41 None
1 1.97 1.97 None 26.05 7.71 None
2 6.24 6.14 0.11 64.09 19.66 0.16
3-1 9.44 9.44 None 102.74 30.54 None
3-2 9.61 9.34 0.36 98.51 34.46 0.37
3-3 23.19 19.80 4.47 200.61 85.61 5.14
4 29.72 29.26 0.82 227.76 98.01 0.46
5 21.70 21.70 None 160.89 72.32 None
6 22.28 21.73 0.55 158.67 77.35 0.74
7 9.24 5.93 3.38 64.06 42.23 7.06
8 9.60 3.51 6.39 65.30 56.58 17.67
9 30.40 3.84 27.96 189.22 183.84 83.78
10 21.70 7.02 15.04 104.86 87.96 55.01
11-1 7.71 0.99 6.92 31.59 30.33 24.55
11-2 5.95 1.68 4.39 21.58 18.38 7.89
11-3 44.53 2.37 44.39 117.68 112.26 93.62
12 19.58 2.04 34.72 37.26 35.40 124.31
13 0.35 0.31 14.59 0.26 None 44.78
14 0.17 0.17 -2 0.03 None -3
15 None None -4 None None -5
16 None6 None -6 None None -6
17 0.41 None 0.62 0.54 0.54 0.50
18 3.79 3.79 None 4.42 0.94 None
19 None None 2.50 None None 4.85
20 None None 3.17 None None 2.48
21 None None 2.86 None None 5.98
Total: 277.87 151.32 173.24 1677.39 994.53 479.35 59.29%

1 Segment numbers correspond to the number of the range forming the down-stream boundary. Segment #0 is between the dam and range #1.

2 The area (13.79 acres) for segment 14 is considered valley floodplain.

3 The volume (43.41 acre-feet) for segment 14 is considered valley fill.

4 The area (17.39 acres) for segment 15 is considered valley floodplain.

5 The volume (54.41 acre-feet) for segment 15 is considered valley fill.

6 This segment extends from R 16 upstream to valley range 20 and has not been computed.

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