USGS 04087142 MENOMONEE RIVER AT 16TH STREET AT MILWAUKEE, WI

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LOCATION.--Lat 43°02'02", long 87°56'03", in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.30, T.7 N., R.22 E., Milwaukee County, Hydrologic Unit 04040003.

DRAINAGE AREA.--146 square miles.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2008 to present.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 566.53 NAVD88.

REMARKS.--Gage- height telemeter at station. Stage and flow are affected by seiche affect from Lake Michigan.

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

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2022-03-22  2024-06-20
2008-10-06  2025-09-01
2017-10-01  2025-09-01
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2022-03-22  2024-06-20
2019-10-01  2025-09-01
2022-03-22  2024-06-20
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2025-05-04  2025-09-01
2022-03-22  2024-06-03
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2017-12-15  2019-01-03
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2017-10-24  2019-01-03
2017-10-24  2019-01-03







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [(2)]
 
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [C3 WTemp AVE]
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second, [Q-Vel]
Most recent instantaneous value: -106 09-01-2025   08:00 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Sep 1 based on 16 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Sep 1		 Min
(2021)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2018)
-106 -17.2 14 39 64 88 515

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.00 09-01-2025   08:00 CDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved organic matter relative fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
 
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Dissolved organic matter relative fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), [C3 CDOM AVE]
 
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 579.58 09-01-2025   08:00 CDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, broad band light source (400-680 nm), detection angle 90 +-30 degrees to incident light, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU), [C3 Turbidity AVE]
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second, [X]
Most recent instantaneous value: -0.06 09-01-2025   08:00 CDT
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Tryptophan-like relative fluorescence, water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU), [C3 Tryptophan AVE]
 
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Transducer excitation, depth sensing, millivolts, [C7PeakC]
 
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Transducer excitation, depth sensing, millivolts, [C7PeakT]
 
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Transducer excitation, depth sensing, millivolts, [WETStar (280/350) Channel 3]
 
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Transducer excitation, depth sensing, millivolts, [WETStar (280/450) Channel 2]
 
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Transducer excitation, depth sensing, millivolts, [WETStar (310/450) Channel 1]
 
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