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STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN
04101500 ST. JOSEPH RIVER AT NILES, MI
LOCATION.--Lat 41°49'45", long 86°15'35", in SW1/4 sec.26, T.7 S., R.17 W.,
Berrien County, Hydrologic Unit 04050001, on right bank 100 ft upstream from
Main Street Bridge in Niles, 0.6 mi downstream from dam at French Paper Co.,
1.3 mi upstream from Dowagiac River, and at mile 44.
DRAINAGE AREA.--3,666 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1930 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some
periods, published in WSP 1307.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1387: 1931, 1933-36, 1940-43, 1945-46(M). WSP 1911: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 633.02 ft above sea level. Prior to
Oct. 1, 1968, at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1930, to Feb. 11, 1931, nonrecording
gage on Main Street Bridge, and Feb. 12 to June 30, 1931, nonrecording gage 50 ft upstream
from present site (gage heights referred to sea level datum). Oct. 1, 1943, to Apr. 12, 1970,
auxiliary gage was headwater gage at hydroelectric plant at Buchanan Dam, 8 mi downstream
from base gage at different datum. Since Apr. 13, 1970, auxiliary water-stage recorder
at sewage-treatment plant, 1.1 mi downstream from base gage at same datum.
Station operated in cooperation with French Paper Company.
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