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USGS 12352500 Bitterroot River near Missoula MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°49'54.26",   Longitude 114°03'17.50"   NAD83
Missoula County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 17010205
Drainage area: 2,824 square miles
Datum of gage: 3,110 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-11-09  2025-10-31  15548 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1898-07-01  2025-10-31  15131 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-11-10  2024-09-30 5025 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1898-07-01  2025-02-11 14869 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-11  2024-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1898-07  2025-02  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2000  2024  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1898  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1899-06-20  2024-06-04  40 
 Field measurements 1989-07-07  2025-08-01  293 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1989-07-07  2013-08-29  318 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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