# //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: 2024-03-25 21:25:02 # //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. # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="06109500 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Missouri River at Virgelle MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="7.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Slight adjustment to upper end, mostly adjusted lower end to account for recent scouring. Based upon QM's 107-108, 203-204, 360, 397-399, 403-406, 409-411, 415, 420-422 and 427-430. Break points are based upon inflection points in the rating by drawing through selected measurements. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=6.050000E+00 BREAKPOINT2=1.245000E+01 # //RATING OFFSET1=-1.000000E-01 OFFSET2=1.600000E+00 OFFSET3=3.000000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20240113000000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End rating 6.0 and start rating 7.0 during ice. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 1.0000000E+00 1.0200000E+03 * 5.8300000E+00 1.3492380E+04 * 6.0500000E+00 1.4302420E+04 * 6.2000000E+00 1.4880000E+04 * 1.2350000E+01 4.2960000E+04 * 1.2450000E+01 4.3500000E+04 * 1.2540000E+01 4.4064830E+04 * 2.3400000E+01 1.2330000E+05 *