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STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON
04149000 FLINT RIVER NEAR FOSTERS, MI
LOCATION.--Lat 43°18'30", long 83°57'13", in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec. 35,
T.11 N., R.4 E., Saginaw County, Hydrologic Unit 04080204, on
left bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 13, 2.0 mi west
of Fosters, and 6.5 mi downstream from Silver Creek. Records include
flow of Birch Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,153 mi2, includes that of Birch Run
upstream from State Highway 13.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1939 to September 1984, October 1987 to
September 1992, October 2001 to current year. Gage-height records for
flood seasons collected in this vicinity 1910-20, 1922-27 are contained in
reports of the National Weather Service.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 954: 1941. WSP 1337: 1040, 1942, 1943-44(M),
1945, 1946-47(M), 1948-50. WDR MI-78: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage
is 600 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Prior to Oct. 1, 1969,
nonrecording gage at site 2.2 mi upstream at datum 582.22 ft above sea level.
Oct. 1, 1969 to Sept. 30, 1992, water-stage recorder at datum 5.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 1904 reached a
stage of 18.4 ft, from National Weather Service data, site and datum then
in use.
Station operated in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Transportation.
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