Milwaukee River Near Cedarburg, WI

USGS Site No: 04086600Milwaukee River • Ozaukee County, WI

Milwaukee River Near Cedarburg, WI on the Milwaukee River is currently at 280 cfs (Normal — 39th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.86 ft.

Reading from

280
CFS Discharge
5.86
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 133
25th Low threshold 188
50th (Median) Normal (median) 355 Today: 280 cfs
75th High threshold 573
95th Very High threshold 2,490

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

4.6k 2.3k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 299
May 27, 2026 325
May 26, 2026 347
May 25, 2026 368
May 24, 2026 398
May 23, 2026 445
May 22, 2026 482
May 21, 2026 503
May 20, 2026 504
May 19, 2026 523
May 18, 2026 539
May 17, 2026 497
May 16, 2026 461
May 15, 2026 401
Apr 20, 2026 3,690
Apr 19, 2026 4,130
Apr 18, 2026 4,250
Apr 17, 2026 3,830
Apr 16, 2026 4,080
Apr 15, 2026 3,330
Apr 14, 2026 2,210
Apr 13, 2026 1,650
Apr 12, 2026 1,200
Apr 11, 2026 1,190
Apr 10, 2026 1,270
Apr 9, 2026 1,330
Apr 8, 2026 1,460
Apr 7, 2026 1,630
Apr 6, 2026 1,820
Apr 5, 2026 1,910

Station Information

USGS Site No
04086600
State
WI
Coordinates
43.2803, -87.9425
Drainage Area
607 mi²
Datum (ft)
653.3
HUC Code
04040003
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
10.0 ft
Flood Stage
11.0 ft
Moderate Flood
13.0 ft
Major Flood
14.0 ft

Currently 5.14 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
5,510 cfs
Aug 11, 2025
Min discharge
137 cfs
Oct 12, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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