USGS 04087000 MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MILWAUKEE, WI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°06'00", long 87°54'32", in NE 1/4 sec.5, T.7 N., R.22 E., Milwaukee County, Hydrologic Unit 04040003, on left bank near northeast limits of Milwaukee in Estabrook Park, 2,000 ft downstream from Port Washington Road bridge and 6.6 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA.--696 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1914 to present. Published as "near Milwaukee" prior to 1936.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 564: 1918(M). WSP 924: 1940. WSP 1207: 1936(M). WSP 1337: 1915-17(M), 1918, 1919-21(M), 1922, 1923(M), 1924, 1925-33(M). WDR WI-79-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.91 ft NAVD 88 (levels by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Apr. 6, 1929, nonrecording gage near present site at different datum. Apr. 6, 1929, to Jan. 8, 1934, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.5 mi upstream at different datum.

REMARKS.--Prior to 2018, occasional regulation caused by recreation dam approximately 1,200 ft upstream. Gage- height telemeter at station.

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This station managed by the Wisconsin Water Science Center - Madison WI.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2024-04-24
2017-10-01  2024-04-24
2021-04-25  2024-04-24







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement
Discharge, cubic feet per second, [(2)]
TIMEApr 23Apr 24
00:00 CDT758P  703P  
00:15 CDT771P  706P  
00:30 CDT772P  701P  
00:45 CDT764P  711P  
01:00 CDT758P  707P  
01:15 CDT770P  705P  
01:30 CDT775P  707P  
01:45 CDT773P  712P  
02:00 CDT767P  702P  
02:15 CDT768P  699P  
02:30 CDT766P  716P  
02:45 CDT761P  713P  
03:00 CDT774P  705P  
03:15 CDT767P  714P  
03:30 CDT770P  719P  
03:45 CDT759P  722P  
04:00 CDT762P  716P  
04:15 CDT762P  707P  
04:30 CDT759P  711P  
04:45 CDT762P  718P  
05:00 CDT753P  707P  
05:15 CDT747P  715P  
05:30 CDT744P  708P  
05:45 CDT748P  699P  
06:00 CDT752P  699P  
06:15 CDT755P  698P  
06:30 CDT751P  706P  
06:45 CDT749P  709P  
07:00 CDT749P  703P  
07:15 CDT753P  704P  
07:30 CDT748P  702P  
07:45 CDT745P  699P  
08:00 CDT748P  694P  
08:15 CDT750P  695P  
08:30 CDT747P  700P  
08:45 CDT741P  696P  
09:00 CDT740P  693P  
09:15 CDT748P  694P  
09:30 CDT748P  689P  
09:45 CDT743P  687P  
10:00 CDT742P  686P  
10:15 CDT736P  684P  
10:30 CDT740P  683P  
10:45 CDT741P  684P  
11:00 CDT738P  688P  
11:15 CDT741P  693P  
11:30 CDT729P  694P  
11:45 CDT734P  693P  
12:00 CDT730P  690P  
12:15 CDT731P  688P  
12:30 CDT728P  687P  
12:45 CDT732P  677P  
13:00 CDT723P  681P  
13:15 CDT727P  689P  
13:30 CDT727P  681P  
13:45 CDT724P  682P  
14:00 CDT721P  680P  
14:15 CDT729P  679P  
14:30 CDT732P  675P  
14:45 CDT724P  677P  
15:00 CDT721P  677P  
15:15 CDT720P  682P  
15:30 CDT715P  687P  
15:45 CDT715P   
16:00 CDT713P   
16:15 CDT706P   
16:30 CDT714P   
16:45 CDT726P   
17:00 CDT723P   
17:15 CDT721P   
17:30 CDT724P   
17:45 CDT719P   
18:00 CDT716P   
18:15 CDT713P   
18:30 CDT709P   
18:45 CDT713P   
19:00 CDT713P   
19:15 CDT712P   
19:30 CDT707P   
19:45 CDT712P   
20:00 CDT710P   
20:15 CDT711P   
20:30 CDT709P   
20:45 CDT708P   
21:00 CDT708P   
21:15 CDT711P   
21:30 CDT706P   
21:45 CDT705P   
22:00 CDT715P   
22:15 CDT703P   
22:30 CDT701P   
22:45 CDT715P   
23:00 CDT705P   
23:15 CDT704P   
23:30 CDT707P   
23:45 CDT708P   
COUNT9663
MAX775722
MIN701675

Explanation
  P  Provisional data subject to revision.