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USGS 04112500 RED CEDAR RIVER AT EAST LANSING, MI

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°43'38",   Longitude 84°28'41"   NAD27
Ingham County, Michigan, Hydrologic Unit 040500040508
Drainage area: 355.0 square miles
Datum of gage: 823.96 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1989-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-08-31  2025-10-31  35067 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-08-31  2025-08-11 34986 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-08  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1903-04-15  2024-01-28  116 
 Field measurements 1931-03-09  2025-08-12  878 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1963-09-26  1975-05-29  10 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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