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Black Creek in Michigan

Stream8.9 mi
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Around Black Creek

1 mi

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

Black Creek is an 8.9 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Black River near Jeddo, MI (site 04159492). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2027

Black Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 471 cfs, and lowest in September, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,100 cfs, in 1968.

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Typical flow by month at Black River near Jeddo, MI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8840 to 239
February8641 to 242
March471200 to 1,060
April287161 to 581
May13082 to 277
June7042 to 144
July3825 to 72
August2820 to 47
September2317 to 38
October2618 to 62
November5324 to 144
December8135 to 243

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 83 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Black River near Jeddo, MI (site 04159492). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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