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USGS Gauge 04125550 — Manistee River near Wellston, Michigan
Water temperature 63.0 °F. 0.3 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 1,530 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout44.25944, -85.94162 · 619 ft elevation · 1,320 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 63.0 °F Water temperature
- 1,530 Cubic ft / second
- -0.3 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 64.2 °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 65.1 °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 | 35.0 °F | 1,623 |
| Feb | 34.8 °F | 1,637 |
| Mar | 38.0 °F | 2,215 |
| Apr | 46.3 °F | 2,856 |
| May | 57.0 °F | 2,007 |
| Jun | 65.6 °F | 1,694 |
| Jul | 70.5 °F | 1,605 |
| Aug | 70.0 °F | 1,481 |
| Sep | 65.3 °F | 1,466 |
| Oct | 56.9 °F | 1,529 |
| Nov | 46.0 °F | 1,579 |
| Dec | 36.5 °F | 1,671 |
- 73.0 °FWarmest, 2025-07-11
- 32.9 °FColdest, 2026-01-31
- 8,700Highest flow, 2026-04-16
- 933Lowest flow, 2025-01-21
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,822 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
Manistee River, classified Cold transitional large river by MDNR VSEC — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.03 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Manistee River (60002500004405), 25.4 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 Mesick, MI 9.3 mi · USGS 04124200
- Pine River at High School Bridge Nr Hoxeyville, MI 9.7 mi · USGS 04125460
- L Manistee R at Nine Mile Bridge Nr Freesoil, MI 10.1 mi · USGS 04126195
Dams near this gauge
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
- Tippy Dam State Recreation Area Lower 0.1 mi · boat launch · Manistee River
- Tippy Dam State Recreation Area Upper 0.2 mi · boat launch · Tippy Dam Pond - Manistee River
- Manistee River Tippy Dam South 0.2 mi · walk in
- Manistee River Tippy Dam State Recreation Area 0.7 mi · walk in
Fly shops nearby
- Schmidt Outfitters3.2 mi · Wellston
- Andy's Tackle Box4.6 mi · Brethren
- Johnson's Pere Marquette Lodge24.9 mi · Baldwin
- Ed's Sport Shop25.2 mi · Baldwin