Wixom Lake, the reservoir created by the dam, was 2,600 acres, with a gross storage capacity of about 40,000 acre-feet of water and a 49-mile-long shoreline when full.

A lawsuit against the state is headed to trial as roughly 2,000 2020 flood victims in ... Michigan had ample warning that the Edenville Dam would fail if water levels at Wixom Lake got too ...

LANSING, MI / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / The Michigan Court of Claims has denied the State of Michigan's motion for summary disposition, allowing homeowners from Midland and Saginaw Counties ...

Read more: Michigan’s 2020 flood: A timeline of events and recovery progress Lost in the background and finger-pointing was an attempt to reform a system that had allowed the Edenville Dam to ...

The Edenville Dam's break caused a flood that residents are struggling to recover from, ... It accuses Boyce Hydro of dramatically lowering the water levels of Wixom Lake in 2018 and 2019, ...

At Wixom and Sanford lakes, the two dam-created reservoirs most severely impacted by the May 19 Edenville and Sanford dam failures and resulting flooding, lakefront residents face annual ...

Incredible video captures moment Michigan's Edenville Dam burst and drained 2,000 acre Wixom lake in just HOURS - leaving stranded boats, flapping fish and an exposed sunken 1900s steam shovel ...

Mueller, the suit said, lowered Wixom Lake by 8 feet by opening the gates of the Edenville dam between September 2018 and spring 2019 without authorization from EGLE or the DNR.

LANSING, MI — State regulators are seeking fines and compensation for major flooding damage in a new lawsuit filed against the owners of a high-hazard mid-Michigan dam that failed and inundated ...

It forms a 2,600-acre reservoir known as Wixom Lake, a popular boating and fishing spot. Story continues below advertisement The dam has two reinforced concrete spillways to carry away excess ...

The report notes that the water level in Wixom Lake was 5.5 feet higher than normal and only 1.5 feet below the top of the dam when it failed. Dam Recovery Flash flood emergency: Edenville Dam has ...

The steam shovel in the early 1920s helped create the embankment of the Edenville dam, which created Wixom Lake. They were able to snag what they thought was the shovel's cable.