Kalamazoo River Near Battle Creek, MI

USGS Site No: 04105500 • Kalamazoo River • Calhoun County, MI

Kalamazoo River Near Battle Creek, MI on the Kalamazoo River is currently at 704 cfs (High — 77th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.41 ft.

Reading from

704
CFS Discharge
3.41
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 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 307
25th Low threshold 383
50th (Median) Normal (median) 482
75th High threshold 630
95th Very High threshold 1,310 Today: 704 cfs

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.

3.8k 1.9k 0 cfs Apr 7 May 29
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 29, 2026 718 —
May 28, 2026 740 —
May 27, 2026 833 —
May 26, 2026 877 —
May 25, 2026 901 —
May 24, 2026 814 —
May 23, 2026 690 —
May 22, 2026 640 —
May 21, 2026 654 —
May 20, 2026 708 —
May 19, 2026 748 —
May 18, 2026 678 —
May 17, 2026 669 —
May 16, 2026 680 —
May 15, 2026 669 —
Apr 21, 2026 2,450 —
Apr 20, 2026 2,880 —
Apr 19, 2026 3,290 —
Apr 18, 2026 3,560 —
Apr 17, 2026 3,350 —
Apr 16, 2026 2,360 —
Apr 15, 2026 1,650 —
Apr 14, 2026 1,180 —
Apr 13, 2026 1,280 —
Apr 12, 2026 1,370 —
Apr 11, 2026 1,570 —
Apr 10, 2026 1,800 —
Apr 9, 2026 2,110 —
Apr 8, 2026 2,630 —
Apr 7, 2026 3,090 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
04105500
State
MI
Coordinates
42.3239, -85.1975
Drainage Area
824 mi²
Datum (ft)
799.1
HUC Code
04050003
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
7.0 ft
Flood Stage
9.0 ft
Moderate Flood
10.0 ft
Major Flood
11.0 ft

Currently 5.59 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,560 cfs
Apr 18, 2026
Min discharge
246 cfs
Sep 20, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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