About this river
Clinton River is a 21.1 mile river near Boathouse Marina Cass Lake in Michigan. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Clinton River at Auburn Hills, MI (site 04161000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1935 to 2026
Clinton River typically runs highest in April, at a median 164 cfs, and lowest in August, at 46 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 978 cfs, in 2004.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 109 | 78 to 145 | |
| February | 107 | 79 to 160 | |
| March | 144 | 109 to 182 | |
| April | 164 | 115 to 213 | |
| May | 123 | 79 to 176 | |
| June | 78 | 51 to 131 | |
| July | 53 | 34 to 94 | |
| August | 46 | 31 to 77 | |
| September | 47 | 29 to 80 | |
| October | 66 | 38 to 114 | |
| November | 100 | 62 to 131 | |
| December | 104 | 73 to 139 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 55 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Clinton River at Auburn Hills, MI (site 04161000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
6 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Clinton River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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