Manistee River near Sherman, MI
Wexford County, Michigan · USGS 04124000
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Manistee River at its USGS monitoring location in Wexford County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 27 minutes ago
Observed
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Above historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 922 ft³/s, 4% above the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 884 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Current water conditions
Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 968 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 960 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 976 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,010 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,040 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,060 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,070 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,140 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,160 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,080 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,020 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 985 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 971 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 969 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 960 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 947 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 934 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 922 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,050 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,130 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,150 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,130 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,100 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,050 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 1,010 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 977 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 954 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 940 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 932 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 925 CFS |
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