About this river
Trenton Channel is a 2.7 mile river near Riverside Kayak Connection in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Frank and Poet Drain at King RD at Trenton, MI (site 04168660). The mapped line runs from 42.2060, -83.1382 to 42.1732, -83.1605. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 10. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2020 to 2026
Trenton Channel typically runs highest in April, at a median 18 cfs, and lowest in October, at 2.6 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 380 cfs, in 2021.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2 | 3.0 to 29 | |
| February | 7.5 | 3.0 to 15 | |
| March | 13 | 7.2 to 37 | |
| April | 18 | 8.8 to 40 | |
| May | 9.1 | 4.8 to 21 | |
| June | 9.8 | 3.6 to 27 | |
| July | 13 | 4.3 to 38 | |
| August | 6.7 | 2.2 to 42 | |
| September | 3.7 | 1.1 to 23 | |
| October | 2.6 | 0.7 to 13 | |
| November | 4.4 | 1.0 to 15 | |
| December | 9.0 | 2.8 to 20 |
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 7 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Frank and Poet Drain at King RD at Trenton, MI (site 04168660). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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