About this river
Sunken Bridge Drain is a 4.0 mile stream near Heavner Canoe Rental in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 04166000. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1950 to 2020
Sunken Bridge Drain typically runs highest in March, at a median 29 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 902 cfs, in 1968.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 | 9.3 to 25 | |
| February | 17 | 11 to 26 | |
| March | 29 | 20 to 45 | |
| April | 28 | 20 to 42 | |
| May | 21 | 14 to 33 | |
| June | 13 | 7.5 to 23 | |
| July | 8.4 | 4.8 to 15 | |
| August | 7.5 | 4.4 to 13 | |
| September | 7.5 | 4.3 to 15 | |
| October | 8.7 | 5.8 to 15 | |
| November | 14 | 8.0 to 21 | |
| December | 16 | 9.7 to 25 |
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 70 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 04166000 (site 04166000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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