Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
FORD RIVER NEAR HYDE, MI
usgs-04059500	300 - 5000 cfs	II	02h27m	~ 612 cfs (running)
	Likely low-moderate to high-moderate whitewater. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows.
Gauge (450 sq.mi. drainage) lies well downstream. Flow in this reach will likely be about 3/4ths that shown by gauge, which will lag rise and fall.
Range Water Level Difficulty Comment 0 - 200 cfs extremely Low-somewhat Low II Very likely too low for any real whitewater. Flatwater stretches may be paddled, but gradient will be grungy. 200 - 300 cfs somewhat Low-barely Low II Likely too low, but possibly marginally boatable. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows for whitewater her 300 - 600 cfs barely runnable-med runnable II Likely low boatable. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows for whitewater here. 600 -1000 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable II Likely low-moderate to high-moderate whitewater. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows. 1000 -2000 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II Likely moderate-to-high flows. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows. 2000 -5000 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II Likely high, pushy flows. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows. 5000 -9999 cfs somewhat High-extremely High II Likely big pushy flood conditions. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report about best flows.