Detroit River at Fort Wayne at Detroit, MI - 04165710

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Gage height, feet [NOAA Fort Wayne IGLD 85]

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Latest value

573.27 ft

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Apr 21, 2025

13:54:00 PM EDT

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Statistics for April 21, 2025 based on 15 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2013)

572.91 ft

25th percentile

573.2 ft

median

574.33 ft

75th percentile

574.84 ft

mean

574.16 ft

high (2019)

575.71 ft

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4 data types available - data from 2008-10-01 to 2025-04-21

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Gage height, feet [NOAA Fort Wayne IGLD 85]

2008-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

2008-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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2008-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Mean water velocity for discharge computation, feet per second

2008-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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81 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2018-02-28 to 2025-04-09

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Important information about this monitoring location

Gage height data is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fort Wayne, MI (9044036) water level station and can be found on the web here.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	04165710	_n/a
Site name	DETROIT RIVER AT FORT WAYNE AT DETROIT, MI	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	421753	_n/a
DMS longitude	0830534	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.2980939	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-83.0926997	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Michigan	26
State	Michigan	26
County	Wayne County	163
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	S T02S R11E M	_n/a
Name of location map	DETROIT	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface		_n/a
Method altitude determined		_n/a
Altitude accuracy		_n/a
Altitude datum		_n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Detroit	04090004
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20080924	_n/a
Drainage area	228800 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files		_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	244500100	_n/a

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Detroit River at Fort Wayne at Detroit, MI - 04165710

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