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South Branch Cass River in Michigan

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5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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South Branch Cass River is a 31.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cass River at Cass City, MI (site 04150500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1948 to 2027

South Branch Cass River typically runs highest in March, at a median 398 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,800 cfs, in 1986.

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Typical flow by month at Cass River at Cass City, MI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8839 to 200
February8648 to 180
March398232 to 924
April290162 to 523
May12781 to 245
June5328 to 131
July2612 to 53
August158.2 to 29
September126.4 to 28
October158.6 to 55
November4220 to 160
December8634 to 222

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 64 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cass River at Cass City, MI (site 04150500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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