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USGS Gauge 04124200 — Manistee River near Mesick, Michigan
Water temperature 62.4 °F. 2.5 °F above the five-year normal for this date. 1,110 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout44.36306, -85.8209 · 732 ft elevation · 945 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 62.4 °F Water temperature
- 1,110 Cubic ft / second
- +2.5 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 60.3 °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 62.6 °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 | 34.9 °F | 1,077 |
| Feb | 34.4 °F | 1,087 |
| Mar | 37.5 °F | 1,452 |
| Apr | 45.1 °F | 1,900 |
| May | 56.5 °F | 1,352 |
| Jun | 65.0 °F | 1,167 |
| Jul | 69.9 °F | 1,081 |
| Aug | 68.8 °F | 1,007 |
| Sep | 64.0 °F | 995 |
| Oct | 56.2 °F | 1,018 |
| Nov | 45.4 °F | 1,066 |
| Dec | 35.6 °F | 1,119 |
- 73.0 °FWarmest, 2025-07-07
- 33.1 °FColdest, 2024-01-24
- 5,820Highest flow, 2026-04-16
- 606Lowest flow, 2025-01-21
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,765 temperature days over 5.0 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
Manistee River, classified Cold transitional large river by MDNR VSEC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.02 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Manistee River (60002500026170), 30.2 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Manistee River near Sherman, MI 7.9 mi · USGS 04124000
- Manistee River near Wellston, MI 9.3 mi · USGS 04125550
- Pine River at High School Bridge Nr Hoxeyville, MI 12.0 mi · USGS 04125460
Dams near this gauge
- Hodenpyl 0.0 mi · 90 ft
- Kerr Upper Dam 7.8 mi · 25 ft
- Tippy 9.3 mi · the anadromous ceiling for the Manistee River · 82 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.
Access near this gauge
- Manistee River Woodpecker Creek 0.5 mi · walk in
- Lemon Lake 7.5 mi · boat launch · Lemon Lake
Fly shops nearby
- Andy's Tackle Box10.2 mi · Brethren
- Schmidt Outfitters12.3 mi · Wellston
- Hawkins Outfitters29.1 mi · Traverse City
- The Northern Angler29.3 mi · Traverse City