Gauge Conditions

Oak Creek at South Milwaukee, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: 100.0 – 600.0 CFS

Generally too low create meaningful whitewater features. Boating is NOT RECOMMENDED at any time on this reach.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Just another sampling of the sort of deadfall and snags which seem all too common in the stretch downstream of the dam en route to the lake.With the vertical rock walls on both sides, getting out to get around any such snags is somewhere between very difficult and impossible.For this reason, any boater thinking about running this to the next bridge or to the mouth should walk virtually the whole stretch of creek before putting on, so as to know whether and where wood exists in the way, and whether passage is possible.