6th Street
Kinnickinnic (Milwaukee trib) - S.20th Street to S.5th Court (1.8 miles) *Access&Quality Issues* (WI)
Gauge Conditions
Too low for any reasonable whitewater.
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Description
As the river comes out from under 6th Street, it leaves the cement behind and runs through ~1000' which have been 'remediated' (shores laid back and 'armored' with rocks in the stream, and quarried rock on the banks).
At low water, this will be 0.2 mile of class I-II rock dodging. At 600 cfs (and likely any higher flows), it's largely just a splishy-splash wave train (nothing playable). Some in-between flows may be slightly more interesting.
Until additional cement is removed and remediation is completed upstream, the best option for this river may be to just park and play this area ... other than ...there is an apparent homeless encampment under the 6th Street bridge (along with signs of numerous other encampments along this river). Be prepared to deal with the dirty underbelly of urban environments. Perhaps once remediation is complete from 16th to 6th, and the area is turned into a more family-friendly park-like setting, the homeless will be forced elsewhere, and this may become a more reasonable destination for (tame) whitewater boating.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (19)
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III
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II
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Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
American Whitewater