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USGS 04166500 RIVER ROUGE AT DETROIT, MI

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°22'23",   Longitude 83°15'17"   NAD27
Wayne County, Michigan, Hydrologic Unit 04090004
Drainage area: 187 square miles
Datum of gage: 583.64 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1989-10-01  2025-10-28  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-04-16  2025-10-27  21582 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10-01  2025-10-27  34726 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2011-04-01  2025-10-27  15739 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1999-04-16  2025-10-27  21344 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2011-04-01  2017-12-17  7243 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2011-04-01  2025-10-27  15331 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-04-16  2025-03-12 6961 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10-01  2025-07-28 34635 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2011-04-01  2025-03-12 5019 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1999-04-16  2024-10-07 6725 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-04  2025-03  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1930-10  2025-07  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2011-04  2025-03  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1999-04  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1931  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2011  2025  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  1999  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1931-03-28  2024-01-26  94 
 Field measurements 1948-10-14  2025-07-29  805 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-07-19  2024-02-14  449 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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