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STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON
04142000 RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING, MI
LOCATION.--Lat 44°04'21", long 84°01'12", in NE1/4 SW1/4 sec.5,
T.19 N., R.4 E., Arenac County, Hydrologic Unit 04080101, on left bank 30 ft
downstream from bridge on Melita Road, 2.8 mi north of Sterling, and
20 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--320 mi2, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1905 to December 1908 (gage heights and
discharge measurements only), October 1936 to current year.
Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1307.
Published as Rifle River at Michigan Highway 70 near Sterling 1936-61.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1437: 1937(M), 1939-40(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 649.48 ft above sea
level. November 1905 to December 1908, nonrecording gage at site 400 ft
downstream at different datum. Jan. 13, 1937 to Jan. 10, 1939,
nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
Station operated in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
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