McDill Pond Trivia

Did you Know?

McDill Pond is a 261-acre impoundment of the Plover River. The Plover River watershed that feeds into McDill Pond is about 195 square miles. It begins about 15 miles southwest of Antigo and flows about 60 miles mostly south where it enters the Wisconsin River below Stevens Point. The average drop is about 5 feet per mile. It takes about 3.65 days for the total water volume in McDill Pond to be replaced from the Plover River.

Portage County has 76 named lakes with a total of 11,830 acres and 60 unnamed lakes with a total of 373 acres. (Reference: DNR booklet PUB-FH-800 on Wisconsin Lakes)

The top 10 largest lakes in Portage County are:

1 Lake Dubay 6,700 Acres
2 Biron Flowage 2,126 Acres
3 WI River C3-Stevens Point 2,093 Acres
4 Townline Resevoir  675 Acres
5 Little Eau Pleine Flowage 495 Acres
6 McDill Pond 261 Acres
7 WI River C2-Stevens Point 220 Acres
8 Lake Wazeecha 148 Acres
9 Lake Emily 105 Acres
10 Jordan Pond  84 Acres

(#54 Springville Pond 18 Acres)

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