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USGS Gauge 04057800 — Middle Branch Escanaba River at Humboldt, Michigan
Water temperature 55.0 °F. 4.7 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 4 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout46.4991, -87.88652 · 1521 ft elevation · 48 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 55.0 °F Water temperature
- 4 Cubic ft / second
- -4.7 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 61.6 °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 — 21 readings, averaging 60.5 °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 | 32.1 °F | 26 |
| Feb | 32.3 °F | 23 |
| Mar | 32.7 °F | 54 |
| Apr | 38.1 °F | 279 |
| May | 54.4 °F | 139 |
| Jun | 62.8 °F | 42 |
| Jul | 66.8 °F | 31 |
| Aug | 63.9 °F | 25 |
| Sep | 59.4 °F | 25 |
| Oct | 48.3 °F | 25 |
| Nov | 36.3 °F | 43 |
| Dec | 32.3 °F | 34 |
- 76.3 °FWarmest, 2026-07-14
- 31.5 °FColdest, 2024-11-30
- 1,280Highest flow, 2026-04-18
- 4Lowest flow, 2026-09-14
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,190 temperature days over 3.3 years and 1,825 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
Middle Branch Escanaba River, classified Cold transitional stream by MDNR VSEC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.01 mi from the gauge.
Other gauges near this one
- M Br Escanaba R at Us Hwy 41 Nr Humboldt, MI 1.0 mi · USGS 04057801
- Salmon Trout River near Big Bay, MI 19.6 mi · USGS 04043238
- East Branch Salmon Trout River near Dodge City, MI 19.9 mi · USGS 04043244
Fly shops nearby
- Big Bay Outfitters23.2 mi