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Rogue River

River in Michigan, past Rockford

Current status

No current status shown

No current status is assigned to this water outline. Check the water page for reports and any estimated downstream stretches. Why this status, and its source

This badge describes the water outline. Check the downstream stretches on the map and below for discharge statuses.

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch. Dashed river stretches are estimates.

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About this status

No current status shown: no report we track sets a status on this water now; how statuses work. No status does not mean the water is safe. Follow posted signs and local health advice.

Sources checked: a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); EGLE MiEnviro CSO/SSO List (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:08 UTC). Status by DirtyWaterWatch, updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC. · Updated

Estimated downstream stretches on Rogue River

60 estimated stretches from 1 outlet

Estimated downstream stretch — not checked by water sampling. Estimated by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey river maps and flow measurements; not an official advisory area. This estimates water movement, not bacteria levels.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet

    0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 6 hours, or as little as 3 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet

    0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 6 hours, or as little as 3 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet

    0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 6 hours, or as little as 3 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet

    0 to 5.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 6 hours, or as little as 3 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet

    5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 11 hours, or as little as 6 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet

    5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 11 hours, or as little as 6 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet

    5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 11 hours, or as little as 6 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet

    5.7 to 12.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 11 hours, or as little as 6 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet

    12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 12 hours, or as little as 7 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • Discharge or advisory reported 12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet

    12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 12 hours, or as little as 7 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet

    12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 12 hours, or as little as 7 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

  • End not confirmed 12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet

    12.7 to 13.7 kilometres below the outlet · from City of Dearborn

    Estimated travel time from outlet 001: about 12 hours, or as little as 7 hours. Estimate based on the river's average yearly flow; no current gauge reading was available.

Showing 12 of 60 estimated stretches, nearest the outlets first.

Estimated routes below wastewater outlets

1 route below outlets
  • Discharge or advisory reported Permit MI0025542, outlet 001 · 40 kilometres estimated · Estimate stops at the 40-kilometre limit

Source: DirtyWaterWatch estimates using U.S. Geological Survey river maps and flow measurements. The estimate stops at tidal water, the first lake or the distance limit.

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Plum: algal bloom advisory. Red or amber with a light line inside: beach advisory or caution. Dotted: monthly report (days with discharge, dates not given). Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.

No discharge, advisory or caution periods are shown for this water in this time span. Check downstream stretches and source coverage.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges affecting the Rogue River in Michigan, last 12 months22 affecting this stretch: 2 reported on the Rogue River; none arriving from upstreamDecember 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once. Arriving discharges are estimated from modeled downstream reaches.
  • Days with a discharge affecting the Rogue River in Michigan, last 12 months1Reported on the Rogue River in Michigan: 1 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0 (counted apart; together they need not equal the total)December 2025 to November 2026A day counts once however many discharges were under way on it.
  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status on the Rogue River in Michigan, last 12 months1Reported on the Rogue River in Michigan: 1 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0December 2025 to November 2026Red hours by the map's rules: each discharge to its reported end plus the state's post-discharge period; overlapping hours count once.
  • 2026 season with a discharge or advisory status on the Rogue River in Michigan0.0%May to October 2026Share of May 1 to October 31 hours with red status by the map's rules, of the hours a source covered.
  • Records behind the last-90-days strip for the Rogue River in Michigan0last 90 daysEvery distinct record the strip lists for its red, yellow and unresolved hours, notices and unresolved reports included; counted as the strip counts them.

Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater. Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps. Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater. Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Reported discharges per month

11 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per month

Hours when this water had a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Days with a reported discharge per month

A day counts when any counted discharge was under way on it, from its start to its reported end in Eastern Time; a report with no end counts its start day.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges per year, 2001 to 2026

20 reported discharges, 2001 to 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 20 reports that gave a volume as a number.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per year

Hours with a discharge or advisory status each year under DirtyWaterWatch rules; 2026 to date.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Share of the May to October season with a discharge or advisory status

Share of the hours from May 1 to October 31 with a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by calendar month, all years

Every counted discharge report, by the calendar month it began.

Months are summed over every year a tracked source covers; the table gives the number of years behind each month.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by wastewater outlet

Wastewater outlets with the most tracked discharge records: 8 of 8, all years. Counts depend on reporting coverage and do not measure legal compliance or harm.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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How these charts are counted

We count each discharge once. Where a source publishes notices and confirmed reports, we use confirmed reports for an operator's month when available; otherwise we use notices. We combine revisions and exclude duplicate state reports copied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Monthly and yearly totals appear separately. Status hours follow this site's rules. Shaded gaps mean missing coverage, not zero discharges.

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records: records from May 3, 2022 to the latest update (limited records)
  • mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list: records from January 1, 2001 to the latest update

Reports linked to Rogue River

Reports linked to Rogue River, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to 11:40 AMCity of Dearborn · 013 Greenfield Village, west bank · CSO · 70,000 gallons in all mapended
to 12:53 PMCity of Dearborn · 013 Greenfield Village, west bank · CSO · 1.42 million gallons in all mapended
to 10:17 AMCity of Dearborn · 013 Greenfield Village, west bank · CSO · 130,000 gallons in all mapended
to 11:30 AMElite Apple Co · Unnamed tributary to Rogue River · Bypass · 3,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:50 PMCity of Dearborn · 013 Greenfield Village, west bank · CSO · 260,000 gallons in all mapended
to 10:25 PMCity of Dearborn · 013 Greenfield Village, west bank · CSO · 1.2 million gallons in all mapended
to Sep 15 ’21, 10:40 AMWest Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma) · 001a 001a · Bypass · 52,284 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:30 AMWest Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma) · WWTP garage door at [house number removed] Sunset Ridge Court - Paved drive and grass behind treatment plant · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:00 AMWest Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma) · WWTP garage door at [house number removed] Sunset Ridge Court - Paved drive and grass behind treatment plant · SSO · 100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:45 AMVillage of Sparta · Sparta WWTP - supernate from sludge storage tank · SSO · 100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:30 PMVillage of Sparta · Sparta WWTP - supernate from sludge storage tank · SSO · 50 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Sep 1 ’17, 1:00 PMAlgoma Township · Private Residence Address - Private homeowner · SSO · 20 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 1:00 PMVillage of Sparta · Sparta WWTP - supernate from sludge storage tank · SSO · 2,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jul 26 ’16, 1:00 AMWest Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma) · Private Residence Address - lift station by wwtp · SSO · 50 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:00 PMWest Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma) · Private Residence Address - lift station by wwtp · SSO · 2,000 gallons report · notice · mapended

Sources: EGLE MiEnviro CSO/SSO List, retrieved 2026-11-04 15:09 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Michigan by year: 2026 (2 here) · 2025 (9 here) · 2021 (1 here) · 2018 (2 here) · 2017 (3 here) · 2016 (2 here) · 2013 (1 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Sewer operators listed for this water: Village of Sparta, City of Dearborn (DEARBORN CSO), West Michigan Development Company (Saddle Ridge Condominium, Algoma).

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Rogue River on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

20 records linked to this water. Updated .