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USGS Gauge 04137005 — Au Sable River near Curtisville, Michigan
Water temperature 59.4 °F. 0.8 °F below the five-year normal for this date. 1,190 cfs.
Open in BirdTrout44.56085, -83.80276 · 778 ft elevation · 1,432 sq mi drainage. This gauge on USGS Water Data →
Right now
- 59.4 °F Water temperature
- 1,190 Cubic ft / second
- -0.8 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 63.3 °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 — 31 readings, averaging 63.9 °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 | 34.0 °F | 1,033 |
| Feb | 33.9 °F | 1,024 |
| Mar | 37.4 °F | 1,417 |
| Apr | 46.3 °F | 2,034 |
| May | 58.3 °F | 1,435 |
| Jun | 67.5 °F | 1,159 |
| Jul | 71.7 °F | 1,094 |
| Aug | 69.8 °F | 1,023 |
| Sep | 64.1 °F | 996 |
| Oct | 54.4 °F | 993 |
| Nov | 42.4 °F | 1,027 |
| Dec | 34.9 °F | 1,070 |
- 75.4 °FWarmest, 2025-07-17
- 32.4 °FColdest, 2022-01-27
- 6,240Highest flow, 2026-04-14
- 560Lowest flow, 2025-01-21
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,826 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,826 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 2.62 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach Au Sable River (60001900005995), 58.9 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 Mc Kinley, MI 4.0 mi · USGS 04136900
- Au Sable River near South Branch, MI 7.8 mi · USGS 04137020
- Au Sable River near Glennie, MI 9.7 mi · USGS 04137025
Dams near this gauge
- Alcona 0.1 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
- Alcona Park Modern Campground 0.8 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
- Alcona Park East Campground 1.3 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
- Alcona Park West Campground 1.6 mi · boat launch · Alcona Dam Pond
- Au Sable River At 4001 Bridge Landing 3.9 mi · walk in
- Au Sable River - Forest Road 4842 6.4 mi · walk in
- Au Sable River At Bear Island U.s. Forest Service Campground 6.7 mi · walk in
Fly shops nearby
- Ausable River Outfitters17.4 mi · Mio
- Bait & Tackle Shop29.8 mi
- Dean's Bait & Tackle, Incorporated32.6 mi · Alger