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Water-Year Summary for Site 04124000

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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04124000 MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN, MI
LOCATION - Lat 44°26'11", long 85°41'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.36, T.24 N., R.12 W., Wexford County, MI, Hydrologic Unit 04060103, on right bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 37, 200 ft upstream from Wheeler Creek, 0.9 mi north of Sherman, and at mile 60.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 857 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1004: 1936(M). WSP 1307: 1911, 1913-14(M), 1934(M), 1936(M), 1937, 1939-40(M). WSP 1437: 1911, 1913(M), 1937. WDR MI-88-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1903 to May 1916, October 1930 to September 1931, October 1933 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1307.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 803.99 ft above NAVD 88, converted on July 9, 2020 from NGVD 29. Prior to Apr. 13, 1934, at various datums. Apr. 14, 1934 to Oct. 25, 1990, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 3,570 ft³/s, Mar. 25, 1913, gage height, 7.1 ft, from graph based on gage readings, datum then in use; maximum gage height, 16.87 ft, Apr. 15, 2014, does not include water years 1903-90; minimum daily, 540 ft³/s, Feb. 21-23, 1936.
AVERAGE DISCHARGE FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Does not include water years 1931, 1934.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1997 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1996 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 1996 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 24.8°C, July 6, 2012; minimum, -0.5°C, on many days during winter periods. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 15.5 mg/L, Mar. 13-15, 2005; minimum, 5.4 mg/L, Oct. 30, 1996.