HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 04142000 RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING, MICH.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 320 sq.mi.                             Datum is 649.48 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 04080101 at Latitude: 44:04:21N  Longitude: 084:01:12W
Station is in the state of MI (county code 011) and serviced by the MI office.
Channel slope is 6.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 42.40 miles
Mean basin elevation is 990.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 6.90%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 55.80%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 28.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.96 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 10.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Winter records are ice affected, notably in 1982 when a winter freeze occurred. Record prior to 1938 does not meet
   HCDN criteria.


Daily and longer averages for 51 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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