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USGS 04065106 MENOMINEE RIVER AT NIAGARA, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 45°46'04", long 87°58'50", in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.15, T.38 N., R.20 E., Marinette County, Hydrologic Unit 04030108, on right bank 0.7 mi downstream from Little Quinnesec Falls Dam, at Niagara.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,470 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1992 to present.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 867.42 ft. NAVD88.

REMARKS.--Flow regulated by powerplants, by Michigamme Reservoir, capacity 119,950 acre-ft, by Peavy Pond, capacity 33,860 acre-ft, on Michigamme River, and by smaller reservoirs upstream of gage. Gage-height telemeter at station.

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licensee:

Northbrook Energy

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This station managed by the Northeast Wisconsin Field Office - Rhinelander WI.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2025-07-23  2025-11-20
1992-11-06  2025-11-20
2017-10-01  2025-11-20
2019-10-01  2025-11-20







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Precipitation, total, inches
Most recent instantaneous value: Ssn 11-20-2025   20:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 1060 11-20-2025   20:00 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 20 based on 33 water years of record more
Min
(2013)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 20		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2021)
1020 1060 1280 1620 1730 1930 4260

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.06 11-20-2025   20:00 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 872.48 11-20-2025   20:00 CST
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