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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04122100 BEAR CREEK NEAR MUSKEGON, MI
LOCATION - Lat 43°17'19", long 86°13'22" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.04, T.10 N., R.16 W., Muskegon County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04060102, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on North Getty Street, 1.5 mi upstream from Little Bear Creek, and 3.9 mi northeast of Muskegon.
DRAINAGE AREA - 16.7 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR MI-80-1: 1976(M), 1978(M), 1979(P). WDR MI-97-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1965 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 589.56 ft above NAVD88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD29 (Michigan Department of Natural Resources bench mark). Prior to Mar. 17, 1978, at different datum.
REMARKS - At times, flow is affected by dams and irrigation pumpage upstream of station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 930 ft³/s, Mar. 5, 1976, gage height, 11.00 ft, datum then in use; maximum gage height, 16.61 ft, Feb. 20, 1994, backwater from ice; minimum discharge, 0.89 ft³/s, Aug. 3, 4, 2007.
