USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04056500 MANISTIQUE RIVER NEAR MANISTIQUE, MI
LOCATION - Lat 46°01'50", long 86°09'40" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.15, T.42 N., R.15 W., Schoolcraft County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04060106, on left bank 1.0 mi downstream from West Branch, 6.0 mi northeast of Manistique, and at mile 19.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,100 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1387: 1940-42(M), 1943, 1945. WSP 1627, 1727: 1938, 1939.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1938 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 608.42 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29. Prior to July 15, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 1,600 ft upstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 16,900 ft³/s, May 11, 1960, gage height, 12.85 ft; minimum discharge, 288 ft³/s, Oct. 4, 1948.