Water report · Pere Marquette River

Pere Marquette River conditions

Water reportat Scottville60 min ago
464CFSNormal

Running normal for mid August, and steady since yesterday. Above 45% of past August 13s on record.

Updated 6:00 PM UTC, Aug 13

0.96 ftgage

Pere Marquette River flow history

Aug 12typical 418 to 557 cfs
472cfs
Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Aug 12typical 418 to 557 cfs
472cfs
Jul 14Jul 29Aug 12
Aug 12typical 418 to 557 cfs
472cfs
May 15Jun 27Aug 12
Aug 12typical 418 to 557 cfs
472cfs
Aug 12Mar 12Aug 12

What this means

464 cfs puts Pere Marquette River in the 45th percentile for August 13, against 88 years of record.

The median for this date is 475 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 418 and 555.

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 344 and 2,980 cfs, lowest on Oct 5 and highest on Apr 18.

That is 14.0 cfs higher than on Aug 12.

On this water

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 report

USGS monitoring location 04122500, PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI, 5.8 miles from the centre 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.

About this gauge

Readings come from USGS monitoring location 04122500, PERE MARQUETTE RIVER AT SCOTTVILLE, MI, 5.8 miles from the centre of Pere Marquette River. It reports discharge and gage height. 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.

Pere Marquette River fishing records

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.

See the Pere Marquette River record book