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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04065722 MENOMINEE RIVER NEAR VULCAN, MI
LOCATION - Lat 45°44'12", long 87°51'48" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.34, T.39 N., R.29 W., Dickinson County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04030108, on left bank 0.35 mi downstream from Sturgeon Falls Dam, 3.0 mi south of Vulcan, and at mile 78.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,900 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1987 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 820 ft above NGVD 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by powerplants, by Michigamme Reservoir, capacity, 119,950 acre-ft, by Peavy Pond, capacity, 33,860 acre-ft, on Michigamme River, and by smaller reservoirs upstream from station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 23,000 ft³/s, Apr. 19, 2002, gage height, 17.72 ft.
