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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04167000 MIDDLE RIVER ROUGE NEAR GARDEN CITY, MI
LOCATION - Lat 42°20'53", long 83°18'42" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.06, T.2 S., R.10 E., Wayne County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04090004, on right bank 200 ft downstream from bridge on Inkster Road, 1.8 mi northeast of Garden City, and 6.0 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 99.9 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 2112: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1930 to September 1933 (published as "at Detroit"), June 1947 to September 1977, water years 1978-83 (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station), October 1983 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 600.46 ft above NAVD 88 (levels by Michigan Department of Transportation). Nov. 21, 1930 to Sept. 30, 1933, nonrecording gage at site 4.8 mi downstream at datum 17.48 ft lower. June 6, 1947 to Oct. 18, 1948, nonrecording gage at site 200 ft upstream at present datum.
REMARKS - Regulation by storm water retention structures and occasional regulation by reservoirs upstream from station since 1956.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,820 ft³/s, May 26, 2011, gage height, 10.58 ft; maximum gage height, 11.55 ft, May 1, 1933, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 0.90 ft³/s, Aug. 16, 1956.
