About this river
Tobacco River is a 3.4 mile river near White's Canoe Livery & Campground in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tobacco River at Glidden Road at Beaverton, MI (site 04152500). 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 2026
Tobacco River typically runs highest in April, at a median 539 cfs, and lowest in August, at 188 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,350 cfs, in 2020.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 259 | 217 to 332 | |
| February | 258 | 222 to 355 | |
| March | 468 | 322 to 867 | |
| April | 539 | 402 to 805 | |
| May | 344 | 282 to 453 | |
| June | 254 | 201 to 338 | |
| July | 207 | 170 to 253 | |
| August | 188 | 159 to 229 | |
| September | 203 | 169 to 249 | |
| October | 239 | 195 to 312 | |
| November | 265 | 226 to 354 | |
| December | 279 | 227 to 374 |
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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tobacco River at Glidden Road at Beaverton, MI (site 04152500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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