About this river
Platte River is a 6.4 mile stream near Riverside Canoe in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Platte River at Honor, MI (site 04126740). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1990 to 2026
Platte River typically runs highest in April, at a median 141 cfs, and lowest in August, at 116 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 477 cfs, in 2014.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 124 | 111 to 140 | |
| February | 124 | 111 to 136 | |
| March | 132 | 119 to 147 | |
| April | 141 | 125 to 160 | |
| May | 131 | 117 to 151 | |
| June | 123 | 111 to 145 | |
| July | 117 | 104 to 130 | |
| August | 116 | 104 to 127 | |
| September | 119 | 107 to 131 | |
| October | 120 | 108 to 132 | |
| November | 123 | 112 to 135 | |
| December | 124 | 113 to 138 |
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 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Platte River at Honor, MI (site 04126740). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Platte River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Big Platte LakePlatte LakePublic
- Little Plattle LakeLittle Plattle LakePublic
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