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USGS Gauge 04043097 — Falls River near L'anse, Michigan
Water temperature 49.1 °F. 4.1 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 18 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout46.73466, -88.44319 · 863 ft elevation · 45 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 49.1 °F Water temperature
- 18 Cubic ft / second
- -4.1 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 59.1 °FThis date last year
Live from USGS — the numbers above are current rather than whenever the page was written. The normal is the mean of every reading at this gauge within 3 days of this calendar date in the previous years of record — 31 readings, averaging 58.4 °F.
The last thirty days
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 | 32.2 °F | 37 |
| Feb | 32.2 °F | 35 |
| Mar | 33.1 °F | 56 |
| Apr | 37.9 °F | 184 |
| May | 51.3 °F | 82 |
| Jun | 58.3 °F | 48 |
| Jul | 61.9 °F | 34 |
| Aug | 59.9 °F | 25 |
| Sep | 56.4 °F | 29 |
| Oct | 48.4 °F | 30 |
| Nov | 38.0 °F | 45 |
| Dec | 32.8 °F | 38 |
- 70.9 °FWarmest, 2026-07-14
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2021-11-23
- 1,170Highest flow, 2026-04-18
- 15Lowest flow, 2024-10-02
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,826 temperature days over 5.0 years 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.
Snapped to NHD reach Falls River (60003200035902), 25.7 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Gomanche Creek at Indian Road near L'anse, MI 4.0 mi · USGS 04043140
- Silver River Upstream of East Branch Nr L'anse, MI 5.4 mi · USGS 04043126
- Silver River near L'anse, MI 7.7 mi · USGS 04043150
Dams near this gauge
- Prickett 10.7 mi · the anadromous ceiling for the Sturgeon River (Baraga County) · 54 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
- Big Bay Outfitters34.3 mi