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Water-Year Summary for Site 05014300

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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05014300 SWIFTCURRENT CREEK ABOVE SWIFTCURRENT LAKE, AT MANY GLACIER, MT
LOCATION - Lat 48°47'43.60", long 113°40'50.10" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 sec.15, T.35 N., R.16 W., Glacier County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 09040001, Glacier National Park, on left bank 0.7 mi upstream of inlet to Swiftcurrent Lake at Many Glacier, and 12 mi southwest of Babb.
DRAINAGE AREA - 15.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR MT-2013: Drainage area
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1, 2003 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,920 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - No regulation or diversion occurs upstream from station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Nov. 7, 2006 reached a discharge of 2,000 ft³/s, gage height, 5.28 ft, from slope-area measurement of peak flow.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE (Seasonal Records): April 2012 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION -

Water temperature probe installed April 13, 2012.

REMARKS -  
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - 
WATER TEMPERATURE: During seasonal operation, maximum recorded 21.1 °C, July 31, 2017; minimum 
recorded -0.2 °C Apr. 13, 2014, but may have been met or exceeded during period of missing record.