ROOT RIVER NEAR FRANKLIN, WI

Root River WI USGS

ROOT RIVER NEAR FRANKLIN, WI (04087220) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Root River in WI, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and publishes a 7-day flow forecast when flow data is available. 9 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number
04087220
Operated by
U.S. Geological Survey
State
WI
Coordinates
42.8736, -87.9958

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Fishing regulations

WI state-wide default default

Default area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.

WI state-wide default default only. Water-specific, national-park, sanctuary, licence, and in-season exceptions may apply.

Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Chicago

Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations before fishing.

Fish recorded near this station

Sampled at this station's reach

Root River Near Franklin, WI has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 12169385). The dataset includes 9 species with recorded observations.

Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum), green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), and 4 others.

Where these records come from

Evidence
Sampled at this station's reach
Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
Records
9 species
from 9 individual records
Observed
Sep 19, 2013 – Sep 19, 2013
9 dated records

Sources