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USGS Gauge 04043238 — Salmon Trout River near Big Bay, Michigan
Water temperature 48.7 °F. 4.4 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 5 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout46.78215, -87.87763 · 1101 ft elevation · 8 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 48.7 °F Water temperature
- 5 Cubic ft / second
- -4.4 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 56.6 °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 — 30 readings, averaging 56.2 °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 | 33.1 °F | 6 |
| Feb | 32.9 °F | 6 |
| Mar | 33.6 °F | 7 |
| Apr | 37.4 °F | 11 |
| May | 49.6 °F | 8 |
| Jun | 55.8 °F | 6 |
| Jul | 58.6 °F | 5 |
| Aug | 57.0 °F | 5 |
| Sep | 54.3 °F | 5 |
| Oct | 47.5 °F | 5 |
| Nov | 38.2 °F | 6 |
| Dec | 33.6 °F | 6 |
- 65.8 °FWarmest, 2025-06-23
- 31.8 °FColdest, 2023-02-16
- 25Highest flow, 2026-04-17
- 3Lowest flow, 2022-07-18
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,812 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,824 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
Salmon Trout River, classified Cold stream by MDNR VSEC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 4.13 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Salmon Trout River (60003200023084), 12.1 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- East Branch Salmon Trout River near Dodge City, MI 1.2 mi · USGS 04043244
- Middle Branch Escanaba River at Humboldt, MI 19.6 mi · USGS 04057800
- M Br Escanaba R at Us Hwy 41 Nr Humboldt, MI 20.0 mi · USGS 04057801
Fly shops nearby
- Big Bay Outfitters7.5 mi