Middle Branch Escanaba River
River in Michigan, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 210 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.
Discharge
78.8
cfs · 23 min ago
Normal for today
121
cfs median, 58 yrs
Water temp
54
°F · 8 min ago
Gage height
1.51
ft
Gauges on this water
Reading by reach
Reading the number
On this date the gauge has averaged 121 cfs over 58 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 95.0 and 185 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.
Regional hatch calendar
What is likely hatching near Middle Branch Escanaba River
Middle Branch Escanaba River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Escanaba River (52 mi), Wolf River (99 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.
| Insect | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Drake | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: peak | July: active | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Hendrickson | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: active | May: peak | 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 |
| 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 |
| Trico | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: peak | August: peak | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| White Fly | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: absent | August: peak | September: peak | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Blue-Winged Olive | January: absent | February: absent | March: active | April: peak | May: active | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: peak | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Caddis | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: active | June: peak | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Grannom | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Isonychia | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: peak | August: active | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Light Cahill | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: peak | July: active | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| March Brown | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: active | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
Reports
From anglers on Middle Branch Escanaba River
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