Rivers in Michigan

Michigamme River near Crystal Falls

Iron County, MichiganNWS CRFM4USGS 04062500Negaunee office

Below flood stage
2.51ftStage

Observed Wed, Sep 30, 4:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
8.00 ft
Record crest
10.73 ft1960

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood12.00 ft
Moderate flood10.00 ft
Minor flood8.00 ft
Action7.00 ft
  1. 8.00 ft3700 cfs - River begins to flood additional low lying areas along the river bank
  2. 7.00 ft2700 cfs - River exceeds bankfull stage

Crest history

78 crests on NOAA’s list since 1945.

#DateStage
1April 28, 196010.73 ft
2May 3, 195410.11 ft
3April 26, 19859.98 ft
4May 5, 19519.45 ft
5May 13, 19509.40 ft
6April 22, 19769.33 ft
7July 4, 19539.32 ft
8June 2, 19589.14 ft
9April 21, 20028.91 ft
10May 22, 19968.87 ft
11April 26, 20198.83 ft
12May 7, 19828.70 ft
13May 10, 19658.64 ft
14May 12, 20148.62 ft
15May 4, 19558.57 ft
16April 20, 19678.47 ft
17May 10, 19738.38 ft
18June 10, 19898.13 ft
19May 8, 19758.08 ft
20June 15, 19818.03 ft
21May 16, 19618.00 ft
22April 19, 20237.95 ft
23April 22, 20047.76 ft
24June 2, 19707.73 ft
25June 2, 19837.65 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 1, 2024: 5.47 ft
  • April 19, 2023: 7.95 ft
  • April 23, 2022: 7.17 ft
  • October 22, 2020: 5.27 ft
  • May 5, 2020: 6.87 ft
  • April 26, 2019: 8.83 ft
  • November 1, 2017: 6.13 ft
  • April 26, 2017: 6.36 ft
  • April 22, 2016: 5.85 ft
  • May 28, 2015: 7.32 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.