Skip to content

Rice Creek in Michigan

Stream7.0 mi
Make a poster

Around here

Around Rice Creek

2 mi

Nature4

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Rice Creek is a 7.0 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rice Creek at Monroe Street at Marshall, MI (site 04103490). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2020 to 2027

Rice Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 126 cfs, and lowest in September, at 52 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 432 cfs, in 2024.

Show the numbers
Typical flow by month at Rice Creek at Monroe Street at Marshall, MI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January7870 to 108
February7760 to 121
March12695 to 148
April120100 to 149
May8573 to 111
June7350 to 94
July7859 to 116
August5851 to 77
September5245 to 71
October6148 to 81
November6356 to 87
December7765 to 104

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 7 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rice Creek at Monroe Street at Marshall, MI (site 04103490). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Made to print

Put Rice Creek on your wall

This river section as an art print, drawn over the real terrain with its miles, plus the trails, roads and peaks around it. Pick the colors and the size, and see the finished print before you buy. From $39, shipping included.

Make the posterOrder by December 8 for Christmas delivery.
Free widget

Embed this gauge on your site

Paste this snippet anywhere, an outfitter page, a club site, a trip report, to show Rice Creek's live streamflow, water level and 7-day trend. It reads the USGS gauge directly, updates itself, and links back here.

Embed code

See every free widget you can put on your site, including live conditions and a 7 day forecast.