USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04122500 PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI
LOCATION - Lat 43°56'42", long 86°16'43" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.19, T.18 N., R.16 W., Mason County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04060101, on right upstream side of bridge on South Main Street at south edge of Scottville, 1.4 mi upstream from India Creek, and 5.6 mi downstream from Big South Branch.
DRAINAGE AREA - 681 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1437: 1941(M), 1943(M), 1949(M), 1950. WDR MI-81-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1939 to current year. Prior to October 1942, published as "at Custer".
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 597.47 ft above NAVD88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD29. Prior to June 12, 1943, nonrecording gage at bridge 4.5 mi upstream at different datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,440 ft³/s, Sept. 13, 1986, gage height, 8.07 ft; minimum discharge, 209 ft³/s, Dec. 11, 1962, discharge measurement.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1968-83, 1994-96, 2008-09.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: May 1968 to September 1983.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, TONS/DAY: April 1994 to October 1995.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-temperature recorder May 1, 1968 to September 30, 1983. Automatic suspended solids pump sampler from April 1, 1994 to October 31, 1995.