Dutch Hollow Lake Explained

Dutch Hollow Lake
Coordinates:	43.6072°N -90.1793°W
Country:	United States
Construction Began:	1970
Res Capacity Total:	1.3e9USgal

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,^[1] 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, Yellow Perch, Crappie, Bluegill, and other Sunfish.^[2]

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.^[1]

Environment

Dutch Hollow Lake is a drainage lake.^[3] This means that the lake has both an inlet and an outlet and the main source of water is drainage from the stream.^{[4] [5]} The Lake can hold over 1.3e9USgal of water when full. The shoreline goes for about eight and a half miles and is a bottom draw dam, which means water is taken from the bottom and transferred downstream. This allows cooler water for the downstream fish and cattle. Because of seepage into the ground, in addition to the run-off from a watershed of about,^[2] the lake is supplied by pumping from springs.

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.
  • Web site: Panoramio - Photo of Dutch Hollow Lake - La Valle, WI. 15 March 2011. Satellite view and a lake photo.
• Web site: Lake list. Dutch Hollow Lake. . UW Extension Lakes. UWSP College of Natural Resources . 15 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110430181337/http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/lakelist/lakedata.asp?wbic=1286500 . 30 April 2011 .

External links

Web site: Dutch Hollow Lake Property Owners Association. 15 March 2011.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crossman Creek and Little Baraboo River watershed (LW23). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 15 March 2011. ...created by impounding Dutch Hollow Creek in the early 1970's for real estate interests..
2. Web site: Dutch Hollow Lake Property Owners Association . 2010-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110124000205/http://www.dhlpoa.com/about.html . 2011-01-24 .
3. Web site: Fish Dutch Hollow Lake - Sauk County, Wisconsin.
4. Web site: Lake types: how does water get into your lake? . Wisconsin Association of Lakes . 16 March 2011 . These lakes have both an inlet and outlet where the main water source is stream drainage. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101226053214/http://wisconsinlakes.org/lake_types.htm . 26 December 2010 .
5. Web site: Drainage basin/Lake area ratio - Understanding Lake Data - WDNR . 2010-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100606023227/http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/publications/under/dblkarea.htm . 2010-06-06 . dead .