Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the Tobacco River Near Eureka Mt reporting a streamflow rate of 388 cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Tobacco River, with a gauge stage of 3.10 ft at this location. This river is monitored from 2 different streamgauging stations along the Tobacco River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 2,524 ft, the Tobacco River Near Eureka Mt.
The Tobacco River is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) river in Keweenaw County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It rises at the outlet of Thayer Lake and flows east, then south, to Lake Superior, which it joins near the village of Gay.