USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04148295 SWARTZ CREEK AT CLAUDE AVENUE AT FLINT, MI
LOCATION - Lat 42°59'09", long 83°44'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.27, T.7 N., R.6 E., Genesee County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04080204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Claude Avenue in Flint.
DRAINAGE AREA - 114 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1970 to December 1983 (operated as a continuous-record gaging station), water years 1991-2014 (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station), October 2014 to current year. Prior to June 2015 at different site.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 728.2 above NAVD 88. Prior to June 2015 at site 0.5 mi downstream at different datum (station 04148300).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 4,320 ft³/s, May 4, 2012, gage height, 9.76 ft, site and datum then in use; maximum gage height, 11.46 ft, Feb. 21, 2018, present site and datum.