Water report · Pere Marquette River
Running low for early November. Above 20% of past November 1s on record.
Updated 3:00 PM UTC, Nov 1
473 cfs puts Pere Marquette River in the 20th percentile for November 1, against 87 years of record.
The median for this date is 614 cfs, and half of all November 1s on record fell between 492 and 776.
Over the last 7 days, Pere Marquette River ran between 471 and 494 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Aug 7.
That is 1.00 cfs lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Pere Marquette River ran between 471 and 548 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 76.0 cfs lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Pere Marquette River ran between 471 and 1,180 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Jun 12.
That is 346 cfs lower than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Pere Marquette River ran between 414 and 2,980 cfs, lowest on Nov 19 and highest on Apr 18.
That is 34.0 cfs higher than on Oct 31.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 04122500, PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI, 5.8 miles from the center of Pere Marquette River. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 04122500, PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI, 5.8 miles from the center of Pere Marquette River. It reports gage height and discharge. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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