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USGS Gauge 04057801 — M Br Escanaba R at Us Hwy 41 Nr Humboldt, Michigan
Water temperature 53.6 °F. 3.9 °F below the five-year normal for this date.
Open in BirdTrout46.49327, -87.86791 · 48 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 53.6 °F Water temperature
- — Cubic ft / second
- -3.9 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 61.3 °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 61.1 °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 | — |
| Feb | 32.4 °F | — |
| Mar | 33.0 °F | — |
| Apr | 37.1 °F | — |
| May | 54.0 °F | — |
| Jun | 62.4 °F | — |
| Jul | 66.8 °F | — |
| Aug | 64.4 °F | — |
| Sep | 59.5 °F | — |
| Oct | 48.9 °F | — |
| Nov | 36.9 °F | — |
| Dec | 32.3 °F | — |
- 75.7 °FWarmest, 2026-07-14
- 31.6 °FColdest, 2022-12-23
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,825 temperature days over 5.0 years and 0 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.
Snapped to NHD reach Middle Branch Escanaba River (60002700011423), 0.3 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Middle Branch Escanaba River at Humboldt, MI 1.0 mi · USGS 04057800
- Salmon Trout River near Big Bay, MI 20.0 mi · USGS 04043238
- Yellow Dog River near Big Bay, MI 15.3 mi · USGS 04043275
Fly shops nearby
- Big Bay Outfitters23.3 mi