Paint River near Alpha, MI
Iron County, Michigan · USGS 04062000
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Paint River at its USGS monitoring location in Iron County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 25 minutes ago
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 221 ft³/s, 133% 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: 95 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →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 | 212 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 210 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 210 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 210 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 213 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 210 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 227 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 259 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 265 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 265 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 265 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 233 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 242 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 260 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 255 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 241 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 235 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 235 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 235 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 235 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 226 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 221 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 220 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 221 CFS |
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