USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

04037400 CISCO LAKE NEAR WATERSMEET, MI

LOCATION - Lat 46°15'10", long 89°27'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 sec.32, T.45 N., R.41 W., Gogebic County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04020102, on right bank at outlet, 100 ft upstream from dam, and 13 mi west of Watersmeet.

DRAINAGE AREA - 50.6 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1942 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,679.49 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29 (levels by Michigan Department of Natural Resources). July 15, 1942, to Oct. 28, 1969, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 28, 1969, to Oct. 23, 1989, water-stage recorder at site 90 ft downstream at same datum.

REMARKS - Cisco Lake (capacity 15,600 acre-ft) is the downstream lake in a chain of lakes used as storage reservoirs by Upper Peninsula Power Company for power production at Victoria Dam near Rockland. Lake level is controlled at the outlet by a concrete dam with two bays and removable flash boards. The major inlet to Cisco Lake is the combined outlet from Lindsley Lake and Thousand Island Lake. Streamflow records are currently collected at the outlet, Cisco Branch Ontonagon River (station 04037500). The lake level is maintained at an elevation of approximately 1,683.5 ft, above NGVD 1929, during winter months and 1,684.0 ft, above NGVD 1929, during summer months. Surface area of lake is 506 acres.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 4.69 ft, July 19, 1942; minimum, 1.72 ft, Mar. 20-22, 1948.