BirdTrout
Open the map
USGS Gauge 04136900 — Au Sable River near Mc Kinley, Michigan
Water temperature 58.1 °F. 2.8 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 1,020 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout44.61278, -83.83766 · 824 ft elevation · 1,348 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 58.1 °F Water temperature
- 1,020 Cubic ft / second
- -2.8 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 62.0 °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 61.6 °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 | 33.5 °F | 975 |
| Feb | 33.8 °F | 957 |
| Mar | 38.3 °F | 1,350 |
| Apr | 46.6 °F | 1,978 |
| May | 58.3 °F | 1,382 |
| Jun | 66.0 °F | 1,100 |
| Jul | 69.3 °F | 1,034 |
| Aug | 66.7 °F | 947 |
| Sep | 61.2 °F | 908 |
| Oct | 51.8 °F | 937 |
| Nov | 41.3 °F | 994 |
| Dec | 35.1 °F | 1,057 |
- 74.5 °FWarmest, 2026-07-14
- 31.8 °FColdest, 2024-01-15
- 6,230Highest flow, 2026-04-14
- 618Lowest flow, 2022-01-16
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,757 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,765 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
Au Sable 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 Au Sable River (60001900006604), 48.1 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Au Sable River near Curtisville, MI 4.0 mi · USGS 04137005
- Au Sable River near South Branch, MI 11.8 mi · USGS 04137020
- Au Sable River near Glennie, MI 13.6 mi · USGS 04137025
Dams near this gauge
- Alcona 3.9 mi · 60 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
- Au Sable River At 4001 Bridge Landing 0.1 mi · walk in
- Alcona Park West Campground 2.5 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
- Alcona Park East Campground 2.7 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
- Au Sable River - Forest Road 4842 2.8 mi · walk in
- Au Sable River At Bear Island U.s. Forest Service Campground 3.1 mi · walk in
- Alcona Park Modern Campground 3.3 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
Fly shops nearby
- Ausable River Outfitters14.7 mi · Mio
- Bait & Tackle Shop26.1 mi
- Fuller's North Branch Outing Club34.3 mi · Lovells