Escanaba River Near Wells, MI

USGS Site No: 04059034Escanaba River • Delta County, MI

Escanaba River Near Wells, MI on the Escanaba River is currently at 443 cfs (Very High — 42th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 1.67 ft.

Reading from

443
CFS Discharge
1.67
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for July 29 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 0
25th Low threshold 0
50th (Median) Normal (median) 654 Today: 443 cfs
75th High threshold 0
95th Very High threshold 0

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

1.6k 810 0 cfs Sep 1 Sep 30
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
Sep 30, 2025 483
Sep 29, 2025 486
Sep 28, 2025 513
Sep 27, 2025 635
Sep 26, 2025 671
Sep 25, 2025 766
Sep 24, 2025 762
Sep 23, 2025 771
Sep 22, 2025 774
Sep 21, 2025 783
Sep 20, 2025 777
Sep 19, 2025 772
Sep 18, 2025 729
Sep 17, 2025 716
Sep 16, 2025 773
Sep 15, 2025 981
Sep 14, 2025 1,300
Sep 13, 2025 1,500
Sep 12, 2025 1,440
Sep 11, 2025 1,390
Sep 10, 2025 910
Sep 9, 2025 471
Sep 8, 2025 568
Sep 7, 2025 590
Sep 6, 2025 472
Sep 5, 2025 486
Sep 4, 2025 377
Sep 3, 2025 372
Sep 2, 2025 351
Sep 1, 2025 369

Station Information

USGS Site No
04059034
State
MI
County
Delta County
Coordinates
45.8061, -87.0976
Drainage Area
920 mi²
HUC Code
04030110
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
1,500 cfs
Sep 13, 2025
Min discharge
311 cfs
Aug 5, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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