Trap Rock River near Lake Linden, MI
River level and flood forecast · Houghton County
The river is 7.2 ft below flood stage (10.5 ft).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 13.5 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 12 ft |
| Flood stage | 10.5 ft |
| Action stage | 9.5 ft |
| Record crest (May 9, 2014) | 10.82 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 12 ftWater begins to impact homes near the bridge on Angman Road. In addition to Cemetery and Angman Roads...sections of Trap Rock Valley and Kiilunen Roads may be impacted
- 10.5 ftLow lying sections of Cemetery and Angman Roads become inundated. Minor flooding of residential property near the bridge on Angman Road begins...but no homes are known to be impacted at this level
- 9.5 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge on Cemetery Road creating backwater effects at and upstream of the gauging station
- 8.5 ftWater begins to spill out of banks into low lying areas, but there are no impacts to area structures or bridges.
Highest crests on record
- 10.82 ft — May 9, 2014
- 10.72 ft — May 10, 1979
- 10.56 ft — April 30, 2013
- 10.53 ft — March 30, 1998
- 10.39 ft — April 21, 2001
Recent crests: 6.67 ft (April 9, 2024) · 9.6 ft (April 13, 2023) · 9.26 ft (April 25, 2022) · 8.04 ft (April 6, 2021) · 7.33 ft (April 4, 2020)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (TRRM4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.