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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1994-03-29 2012-10-10
Information Water-quality 1992-10-06 2024-02-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1992-10-06 2020-02-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-10-06 2024-10-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-07 2005-08-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-10-07 2016-10-20
Microbiological Water-quality 2004-02-17 2013-05-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-10-06 2023-08-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1992-10-06 1994-04-19
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2022-10-04 2023-05-03
Organics, other Water-quality 1992-10-06 2023-05-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-10-06 2018-05-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1970-10-07 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1992-10-06 1992-10-06
Sediment Water-quality 1992-10-06 2023-08-08
n/a Site Visits 2006-05-10 2024-06-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04087170 is associated with a Stream in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04087170 n/a
Site name
MILWAUKEE RIVER AT MOUTH AT MILWAUKEE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430128 n/a
DMS longitude 0875354 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.02444444 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.8983333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Milwaukee County 079
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES33 T7N R22E 4 n/a
Name of location map MILWAUKEE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 571.05 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNYYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
872 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 24919KP46 n/a

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