Stream discharge at USGS gage at Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, MI (04040500) and snow water equivalent (SWE) for contributing watershed for water year 2018

Stream discharge at USGS gage at Sturgeon River Near Sidnaw, MI (04040500; red line) and snow water equivalent (SWE) for contributing watershed (light blue line) for water year 2018. The dark blue circle represents when SWE was half its peak and the dark red circle represents when the stream discharge peaked in the spring. Note the close timing between half SWE and peak discharge.