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USGS Gauge 04043244 — East Branch Salmon Trout River near Dodge City, Michigan
Water temperature 49.1 °F. 3.1 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 13 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout46.78576, -87.85235 · 1025 ft elevation · 12 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 49.1 °F Water temperature
- 13 Cubic ft / second
- -3.1 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 54.8 °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 54.5 °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 | 33.5 °F | 17 |
| Feb | 33.7 °F | 18 |
| Mar | 35.1 °F | 24 |
| Apr | 37.8 °F | 47 |
| May | 49.5 °F | 29 |
| Jun | 55.1 °F | 19 |
| Jul | 57.0 °F | 16 |
| Aug | 55.3 °F | 15 |
| Sep | 53.0 °F | 16 |
| Oct | 47.1 °F | 19 |
| Nov | 38.8 °F | 24 |
| Dec | 34.5 °F | 21 |
- 64.2 °FWarmest, 2025-06-23
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2021-12-22
- 172Highest flow, 2026-04-18
- 9Lowest flow, 2026-01-25
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,795 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
East Branch Salmon Trout River, classified Cold stream by MDNR VSEC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 1.07 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach East Branch Salmon Trout River (60003200020412), 27.9 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Salmon Trout River near Big Bay, MI 1.2 mi · USGS 04043238
- Middle Branch Escanaba River at Humboldt, MI 19.9 mi · USGS 04057800
- Salmon Trout River at Cnty Hwy-550 Nr Big Bay, MI 5.0 mi · USGS 04043250
Fly shops nearby
- Big Bay Outfitters6.2 mi