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USGS 04142000 RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING, MI

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station is a Federal Priority Streamgage and is operated as part of the Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, 
in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, and with financial assistance from the 
USEPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
This station managed by the GRAYLING FIELD OFFICE.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2011-06-08  2024-10-08
1989-10-01  2025-10-20
2017-10-01  2025-10-20
2011-06-08  2024-10-08
2011-06-08  2024-10-08
2020-12-03  2025-10-20
2011-06-08  2024-09-25







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [(2)]
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 359 10-20-2025   13:30 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 20 based on 88 water years of record more
Min
(1950)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 20		 Max
(1942)
142 175 206 238 267 359 640

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.41 10-20-2025   13:30 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 651.36 10-20-2025   13:30 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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