Milwaukee River Lake
Milwaukee County, WisconsinView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Wisconsin DNR for this lake.
- Limited data
Milwaukee River Lake in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin has water-quality measurements published by Wisconsin DNR, shown here as reported.
Milwaukee River Lake is a lake in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Wisconsin DNR Surface Water, last sampled 2025-12-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Milwaukee River Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Milwaukee River Lake
These are the measurements Wisconsin DNR publishes for Milwaukee River Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Fishing Milwaukee River Lake
Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).
Water clarity
Stable6 years
Phosphorus
Stable-0.06 µg/L/yr6 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+4.08 µg/L/yr6 years
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Frequently asked questions about Milwaukee River Lake
Where is Milwaukee River Lake?
- Milwaukee River Lake is a lake in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Its water-quality measurements are published by Wisconsin DNR and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Milwaukee River Lake?
- Milwaukee River Lake in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin has water-quality measurements published by Wisconsin DNR, shown here as reported.
Is Milwaukee River Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
98 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
WIDNR_WQX98 samples · 2020–2025
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
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