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STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON
04157000 SAGINAW RIVER AT SAGINAW, MI
LOCATION.--Lat 43°24'46", long 83°57'47", in NW1/4 SE1/4 sec.26,
T.12 N., R.4 E., Saginaw County, Hydrologic Unit 04080206, on right
bank 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on Rust Avenue in Saginaw, 1.9 mi
downstream from Tittabawassee River, and 20.3 mi upstream from
mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--6,060 mi2 approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1904, 1908-9, 1912-13, 1916, 1918-19, 1929-30, and
1942 (flood discharge for certain periods only) in WSP 1084; December
1942 to September 1991 and October 1994 to current year, daily
discharges greater than 10,000 cu.ft./s only; no daily discharges greater
than 10,000 cu.ft./s water years 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963,
1964, 1966. Continuous-record station October 1991 to July 1994, and Oct.
1996 to Sept. 1997. Gage-height records for flood seasons 1910-20 are
contained in reports of National Weather Service.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 565.05 ft,
International Great Lakes datum. Prior to Oct. 1, 1972, nonrecording
gage at site 1.9 mi downstream at same datum. Auxiliary water-stage
recorders on right bank at Essexville or on right bank Alpin Beach.
Station operated in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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