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Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04166000 RIVER ROUGE AT BIRMINGHAM, MI
LOCATION - Lat 42°32'45", long 83°13'25" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.36, T.2 N., R.10 E., Oakland County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04090004, on left bank 25 ft downstream from mouth of Quarton Lake outlet, and 100 ft upstream from bridge on Maple Road in Birmingham.
DRAINAGE AREA - 33.3 mi². prior to water year 1971, drainage area was 36.9 mi². An area of 3.6 mi² noncontributing since then.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1387: 1951-52(M). WSP 1557: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1950 to September 2020 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since July 27, 1962. Datum of gage is 715.54 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29.
REMARKS - Occasional regulation by Quarton Lake upstream from station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,390 ft³/s, June 26, 1968, gage height, 8.70 ft; minimum discharge, 0.10 ft³/s, Aug. 8, 9, 1963.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1951-70, 15.3 ft³/s, 5.63 in/yr; water years 1971-2020, 26.2 ft³/s, 10.68 in/yr.