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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04108800 MACATAWA RIVER AT STATE ROAD NEAR ZEELAND, MI
LOCATION - Lat 42°46'45", long 86°01'06" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.31, T.5 N., R.14 W., Ottawa County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04050002, on upstream left bridge abutment on State Road, 0.2 mi downstream from South Branch, 1.8 mi upstream from North Branch, and 2.5 mi south of Zeeland.
DRAINAGE AREA - 65.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1960 to March 22, 2023, October 2023 to current year. Prior to October 1978, published as Black River near Zeeland.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 585.22 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29 (levels by Gove Associates, Inc.). From Oct. 1, 2003 to Sept. 30, 2007, at site 1.7 mi downstream at different datum (station 04108801).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 8,810 ft³/s, June 21, 1977, gage height, 16.72 ft, from floodmark, from rating curve extended above 3,400 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 0.30 ft³/s, Sept. 14, 2005, site and datum then in use.
