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Skip's Huron River Canoe Livery

Huron River near Skip's Huron River Canoe Livery

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About this river

Huron River is a 24.0 mile river near Skip's Huron River Canoe Livery in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Huron River at Zeeb RD at Scio, MI (site 04174040). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2024 to 2026

Huron River typically runs highest in April, at a median 922 cfs, and lowest in October, at 278 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,080 cfs, in 2024.

Typical flow by month at Huron River at Zeeb RD at Scio, MI, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January556426 to 678
February469336 to 783
March828544 to 967
April922544 to 1,195
May634468 to 865
June369290 to 617
July450289 to 1,010
October278136 to 483
November412289 to 457
December404292 to 569

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 3 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Huron River at Zeeb RD at Scio, MI (site 04174040). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Huron River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Independence ParkIndependence LakePublic
  • Portage LakePortage LakePublic
  • Lake WhitmoreLake WhitmorePublic
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