Mill Creek

River in Michigan, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 169 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

9.4

cfs · 55 min ago

Normal for today

11.0

cfs median, 51 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

0.82

Normal for the date85% of medianUSGS gauge 04159900

Thirty-day mean discharge · 8.6–17.5 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
MILL CREEK NEAR AVOCA, MI04159900	9.4 cfs	—	55 min ago
MILL CREEK NEAR DEXTER, MI04173500	38.1 cfs	—	1h ago
MILL CREEK AT QUAKER STREET NEAR MOTTVILLE, MI04098980	14.3 cfs	—	40 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 11.0 cfs over 51 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 6.5 and 20.0 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 Mill Creek

Mill Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Huron River (108 mi), Muskegon River (111 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Mill Creek
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: active	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: peak	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: active	December: active
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 Trout	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Chinook Salmon	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: active	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: active	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
Little Black Stonefly	January: absent	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Steelhead	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Mill Creek

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