About this river
West Branch Huron River is a 19.6 mile river near Lake Erie Adventure Company in Ohio. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Huron River at Milan OH (site 04199000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1951 to 2026
West Branch Huron River typically runs highest in March, at a median 331 cfs, and lowest in September, at 27 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 31,400 cfs, in 1969.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 170 | 71 to 455 | |
| February | 200 | 104 to 518 | |
| March | 331 | 189 to 738 | |
| April | 257 | 144 to 574 | |
| May | 161 | 78 to 297 | |
| June | 89 | 48 to 204 | |
| July | 44 | 23 to 117 | |
| August | 34 | 18 to 67 | |
| September | 27 | 14 to 51 | |
| October | 32 | 18 to 59 | |
| November | 59 | 32 to 156 | |
| December | 123 | 51 to 309 |
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 69 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Huron River at Milan OH (site 04199000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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