# //UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY http://water.usgs.gov/ # //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM http://water.usgs.gov/data.html # //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS # //RETRIEVED: 2021-05-17 19:07:23 # //WARNING # //WARNING The stage-discharge rating provided in this file should be # //WARNING considered provisional and subject to change. Stage-discharge # //WARNING ratings change over time as the channel features that control # //WARNING the relation between stage and discharge vary. Users are # //WARNING cautioned to consider carefully the applicability of this # //WARNING rating before using it for decisions that concern personal or # //WARNING public safety or operational consequences. # //WARNING # //WARNING This rating does not include any shifts that may have been # //WARNING used along with this base rating in converting stage to # //WARNING discharge at this site. Stage data processed with the rating # //WARNING thus may not match that displayed or published by the USGS. # //WARNING # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="06040800 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Madison River ab powerplant nr McAllister MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="6.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Rating adjustment to get rid of three point shift at the intermidiate stages. Based on QMs 161-165 as well as previous mid-high QMs above the breakpoint. Rating 6.0 is the same as Rating 5.0 below breakpoint (5.08)." # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=5.080000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=8.000000E-01 OFFSET2=3.000000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20200225171500 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Started just after approved period. Mainly based on QMs 161-165 / intermediate stages plotting to the right. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 2.9200000E+00 7.9000000E+01 * 5.0800000E+00 6.7200000E+02 * 1.1790000E+01 7.0213700E+03 *