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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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Available Parameters Available Period
  
2024-08-05  2024-12-03
1986-10-01  2024-12-03
2017-10-01  2024-12-03
2021-12-03  2024-12-03







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.4 12-03-2024   10:00 CST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second, [(2)]

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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 3 based on 109 water years of record more
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Instantaneous
Value Dec 3
Min
(1938)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2020)
-- unavailable -- 53.0 148 266 378 474 2110


Gage height, feet, [15-min Average]

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.42 12-03-2024   09:30 CST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 609.35 12-03-2024   10:00 CST
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