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USGS 04040000 ONTONAGON RIVER NEAR ROCKLAND, MI

 

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 04040000  ONTONAGON RIVER NEAR ROCKLAND, MI

 LOCATION.--Lat 46°43'15", long 89°12'25", in NE1/4 sec.20, T.50 N.,
 R.39 W., Ontonagon County, Hydrologic Unit 04020102, on left bank 150 ft
 downstream from bridge on Victoria Road, 1.8 mi southwest of Rockland, and
 2.4 mi downstream from confluence of Middle and West Branches.

 DRAINAGE AREA.--1,340 mi2.

 PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1942 to current year.

 REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1387:  1943, 1946-47.  WSP 1911:  Drainage area.

 GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.  Datum of gage is 638.72 ft
 above sea level.  Prior to Nov. 23, 1943, nonrecording gage and Nov. 23, 1943,
 to Oct. 17, 1967, water-stage recorder at site 50 ft upstream at same datum.

 Station operated in cooperation with the Upper Peninsula Power Company.

 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 753   10-25-2004  08:30
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 10/25 based on 61 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
753  350 1,558 7,770 601 927 1,729

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 10/25 have been greater than the value shown.


Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 6.15   10-25-2004  08:30
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02

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