Flood Control Structures

	Vernon County
	Land & Water Conservation Department

Emergency Action Plan Farmland Preservation (Ch. 91) Floodplain Zoning Land Records Modernization Plan Land & Water Resource Management Plan Manure Storage Ordinance

Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation Ordinance Parks Ordinance Runoff Management (NR 151)

Sludge/Biosolids Ordinance Soil & Water Resource Management Program (ATCP 50)

Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters

Manure Management Choices Manure Mangagement Summary

Wisconsin Runoff Rules What Farmers Need to Know

What Farmers Need to Know

Vernon County Parks

Vernon County Forests

Camping Rates Parks Ordinance

CREP Farmland Preservation

Land Information Program Land Use Planning Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation

Wildlife Damage Program

FLP Eligibility Information FLP Credit Worksheet

Nonmetallic Mining Site Map

Wisconsin Wildlife Services USDA-APHIS Wildlife Service

Dam Maintenance Emergency Action Plan Flood Control Structure List Historical Photos of Flooding PL 566 Coalition Repair Projects

Jersey Valley Clay Blanket Repair Jersey Valley Drain Repair Klinkner Dam Repair Skildum Dam Repair

Land Use Planning Purple Loosetrife Runoff

Snake Hibernaculum Streambank Improvement

Transect Survey Wetlands

Wisconsin Runoff Rules

Fish Habitat Lunkers

Q & A Township Chairmen

Coon Creek History

Flood Control Structures (Dams)
Vernon County operates and maintains 22 large flood control dams in the Coon Creek, Bad Axe, and West Fork of the Kickapoo watersheds. These important structures were built in partnership with local citizens, county government, State agencies, and the Federal Department of Agriculture from 1956 through 1987. The total cost of construction was nearly $9 million. What is important to remember, is that these dams protect nearly $8 million (1995 dollars) in private property, crops, roads, and bridges from flash flooding each and every year. With care and planning, these dams will continue to function well into the next millennium.
We have completed a number of repairs to the flood control structures in our county in the last couple of years. We have some information and photos on some of these repairs for you to see. Just follow the links at left to visit one of the three repair projects we have posted online.

If you have questions or comments regarding our flood control dams, contact our Resource Conservationist, Phil Hahn.

	For photographs and information on each flood control structure in Vernon County, click here.
	To learn more about what it takes to keep these dams working, check out dam maintenance here.
	The Dam Emergency Action Plan can be found here.
	Take a look back in history and see what it was like BEFORE the dams were built...click here.
	View the repair projects we've completed over the last couple of years (Jersey Valley Clay Blanket, Jersey Valley Drain, Klinkner, and Skildum).