Quick Links
Click on the lake name (below) to enter the USGS real-time data site. On the Michigan map, hold your cursor over the circle in Roscommon County that represents the water feature you are seeking, then click on that link.
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Houghton Lake Improvement
Board click here |
| Click the above link for the Michigan Cooperative Monitoring Program | Click the above link for the Michigan Lake and Stream Association |
| Legal Limit Above Mean Sea Level | Court order | Datum | |||
| Lake | Summer Maximum | Winter Maximum | |||
| 1138.10 | 1137.60 | 3/19/1982 | * |
1130.00 |
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| 1154.11 | 1153.61 | 3/19/1982 | * |
1148.74 |
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| 1155.25 | 1154.75 | Rev. 5/5/1998 | * |
1149.01 |
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*Winter level to commence on or about November 1 of each year and is restored to its legal level commencing on or about April 15, or ice-out, whichever shall first occur, in each year. |
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| FORMULA: Current gage reading + Datum = Legal Mean Sea Level | |||||
Understanding
Higgins
Every
fifteen minutes, a gauge located at
These
readings may be seen in their “real time”
format at: http://mi.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=442805084411001&agency_cd=USGS
The
site which shows the average numbers
for these time frames is:
http://mi.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?site_no=442805084411001&agency_cd=USGS
The
chart below translates USGS gauge numbers relative to summer and winter legal
levels as well as to the sea level elevation. The summer legal level for