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Hazard WI Class II+

Second Private Dam

American Whitewater 43.2587, -88.0089

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Gauge Conditions

Menomonee River at Menomonee Falls, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: 200.0 – 800.0 CFS

Almost certainly too low. (~0-50 cfs)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Width: 20-25' Drop: ~1'-3'

The second private dam is at the downstream edge of a driveway bridge. Approach cautiously back-paddling or on an upstream ferry to one side (probably the right), drifting under the driveway bridge to boat scout how grabby or sticky the reversal below looks.

At high flow (if you have to duck or limbo under the bridge), it tends to 'wash out' into a wave. At moderate flow, it can be a playable (if sometimes a bit 'sticky') hole, with decent eddy service. At lower boatable flow, it will be a sucky pourover. Make certain to paddle THROUGH the boil.

It may be possible to seek permission to use this driveway to leave a shuttle vehicle (somewhere out of their way) to start your run here, avoiding the the two mandatory portages and mostly featureless access paddle down to this point. (I have never intentionally sought contact with the home-owner, nor unintentionally encountered them, so I don't know how boater friendly they may be.)