USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04046000 BLACK RIVER NEAR GARNET, MI
LOCATION - Lat 46°07'04.1", long 85°21'57.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 sec.13, T.43 N., R.9 W., Mackinac County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04060107, on left bank 10 ft upstream from footbridge, 25 ft downstream from Peters Creek, 3.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.7 mi southwest of Garnet.
DRAINAGE AREA - 28 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1707: 1959.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1951 to September 1978, October 1978 to September 1994 (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station), October 1994 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 629.6 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29. Oct. 1, 1978 to Sept. 30, 1994, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 860 ft³/s, May 7, 1960, gage height, 8.55 ft, from rating curve extended above 400 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 3.6 ft³/s, Mar. 4-16, 2003.