Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
BLACK RIVER NEAR BESSEMER, MI
usgs-04031000	2.80 - 4.60 ft	II-III+	01h46m	2.63 ft (too low)
	Likely lower than desirable (~125-200cfs). You may be able to scrape down. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows.
Gauge (200 sq.mi. drainage) is 5-6 miles upstream, with a few decent tribs coming in. Flow in this reach therefore is likely a bit higher than gauge reading.
Range Water Level Difficulty Comment 0.00 -2.56 ft extremely Low-somewhat Low II-III+ Almost certainly too low (<125cfs) for any real whitewater. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows. 2.56 -2.80 ft somewhat Low-barely Low II-III+ Likely lower than desirable (~125-200cfs). You may be able to scrape down. We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows. 2.80 -3.54 ft barely runnable-perfect runnable II-III+ Likely low-to-moderate boatable flows (200-500cfs). We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows. 3.54 -4.60 ft perfect runnable-high runnable II-III+ Likely a tad high (500-1000 cfs). Still boatable? We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows. 4.60 -6.37 ft somewhat High-somewhat High II-III+ Likely very high for rapids/falls (1000-2000 cfs). We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows. 6.37 -10.00 ft somewhat High-extremely High II-III+ Likely outrageous high flows (>2000cfs). We need your input! Help out your fellow boaters with a comment or report on flows.