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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05390100 LAC VIEUX DESERT NEAR LAND O'LAKES, WI
LOCATION - Lat 46°07'18", long 89°09'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.17, T.42 N., R.11 E., Vilas County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 07070001, on right bank at dam, 500 ft upstream from culvert on Forest Highway 2205, and 4 mi southeast of Land O Lakes, WI.
DRAINAGE AREA - 34.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1973 to September 1992 (gage-height record available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey), July 2002 to September 2014, September 19, 2022 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1599.96 ft above NAVD 88, converted on September 19, 2022 from NGVD 29.
REMARKS - Inlets are Misery Creek, Marsh Bay Creek, Lobischer Creek, Scaup Lake Outlet and one unnamed tributary. The outlet is the Wisconsin River. Lake elevation controlled by dam. Surface area of lake is 4,260 acres.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily gage height, 81.98 ft, June 23, 24, 1983; minimum gage height, 79.03 ft, Sept. 21, 2007, but may have been lower during periods of no gage-height record, Aug. 25-27, Sept. 1-19, 2007.