Background Information:

Seminole Glen Park is located near the intersection of Schumann Drive and S. Seminole Highway in the City of Fitchburg, Wisconsin. The park includes several natural features including two kettle ponds on the western edge of the park, and a forested kettle on the eastern edge of the park. The kettle ponds are transected by a bike path, and connected by an equalizer pipe. During heavier rainfall events, water overflows from the ponds to the east into the forested kettle. Generally, stormwater runoff that drains into the forested kettle infiltrates into the soil, evaporates, or is transpired. During extreme rainfall, water may get high enough that it is able to enter the storm sewer on Schuman Drive, if a valve is in the open position. Generally, this valve is kept in the off position; however, it was opened in the 2016-2018 timeframe, when water in the kettle got high enough to threaten a nearby home.