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USGS Gauge 04031000 — Black River near Bessemer, Michigan
14 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout46.51134, -90.07462 · 1154 ft elevation · 197 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
This gauge is not reporting
- — Water temperature
- 14 Cubic ft / second
This gauge is not sending water temperature — USGS carries no water-temperature series for it at all. USGS still answers for it, with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say the sensor has gone, so nothing on this page is presented as a current reading. Everything below — the record, the monthly means, the thirty-day chart — is the gauge's own history and is unaffected.
Daily means from USGS. A gap in the line is a gap in the record.
The record at this gauge
| Month | Mean temp | Mean flow |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | — | 98 |
| Feb | — | 96 |
| Mar | — | 254 |
| Apr | — | 1,250 |
| May | — | 370 |
| Jun | — | 110 |
| Jul | — | 70 |
| Aug | — | 37 |
| Sep | — | 63 |
| Oct | — | 99 |
| Nov | — | 206 |
| Dec | — | 151 |
- 6,560Highest flow, 2023-04-13
- 14Lowest flow, 2026-08-28
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 0 temperature days and 1,826 flow days. These are not USGS-published normals, and a month with fewer than 20 days of record is left blank rather than averaged.
The water it stands in
We hold no coldwater classification for this river, so the page makes no claim about one. The gauge is here because it stands close to water that does carry a designation.
Other gauges near this one
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Dams near this gauge
- Gile 9.4 mi · 30 ft
A dam upstream of a gauge moves what the gauge reads. A hydro dam moves it on a release schedule this page does not know.
Fly shops nearby
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