Dutch Hollow Lake is a man-made reservoir located in the Town of
La Valle, (
Sauk County),
Wisconsin, United States. Created by developers in the 1970s by impounding the water of
Dutch Hollow Creek,
[
] it is now a public-access lake regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources with two public-access ramps. The 40-foot (12 m) depth of the lake is maintained both by the flow from Dutch Hollow Creek and the pumping of groundwater.
History
Construction of the dam began in the year 1970 by
Branigar Lake Properties of
Wisconsin. Fish varieties were initially stocked into Dutch Hollow Lake. Now the lake has a balance of
Northern Pike,
Walleye,
Large Mouth Bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, ...
,
Yellow Perch,
Crappie
Crappies () are two species of North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Pomoxis'' in the family Centrarchidae (sunfishes). Both species of crappies are popular game fish among recreational anglers.
Etymology
The genus name ''Pomoxis'' ...
,
Bluegill
The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...
, and other
Sunfish.
Geography
Dutch Hollow Lake (Lat. 43 degrees/Long. 90 degrees) has an elevation of 951 feet (290 m). It is northwest of the city of
Reedsburg, with the city of
Wisconsin Dells thirty minutes away. The lake is and in depth.
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]
Environment
Dutch Hollow Lake is a drainage lake. This means that the lake has both an inlet and an outlet and the main source of water is drainage from the stream.watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of about ,
References
Further reading
*U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dams and Reservoirs List, Washington, DC. 08-Sep-1981. A listing of impounded bodies of water and associated information.
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* Satellite view and a lake photo.
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External links
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Lakes of Sauk County, Wisconsin
Reservoirs in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Sauk County, Wisconsin
Protected areas of Sauk County, Wisconsin