Chippewa River

River in Michigan, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 601 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

146

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

200

cfs median, 5 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

13.67

Normal for the date73% of medianUSGS gauge 04154512

Thirty-day mean discharge · 128–239 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
CHIPPEWA RIVER AT S HOMER RD NR MIDLAND04154512	146 cfs	—	1h ago
CHIPPEWA RIVER NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT, MI04154000	107 cfs	—	1h ago
CHIPPEWA RIVER AT DREW RD NR DREW, MI04153725	49.9 cfs	—	52 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 200 cfs over 5 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 123 and 541 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Chippewa River

Chippewa River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Muskegon River (35 mi), Pine River (52 mi), Manistee River (61 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Chippewa River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Brown Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Chinook Salmon	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Gray Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hex	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Isonychia	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Smallmouth Bass	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Steelhead	January: active	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Blue-Winged Olive	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Chippewa River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.