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# //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM     http://water.usgs.gov/data.html
# //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS
# //RETRIEVED: 2023-07-25 17:00:02
# //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="06164510       " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y
# //STATION NAME="Milk River at Juneberg Bridge nr Saco MT"
# //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s"
# //PARAMETER CODE="00060"
# //RATING ID="5.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working
# //RATING REMARKS="Rating No. 5.0 was developed July 2023 due to flooding in April 2023 using recent high flow measurement 456 for the extreme upper end. It was started prior to the peak flows. The previous rating had reversals and was not a good representation of present stage-discharge relationship at all stages. Recent scour on the lower and intermediate sections presented the need for a new rating. A lower offset of 2.30 ft was used to approximate the lower end as a prominent section conrol is not prevalent at lower stage although the riffle is present, it more resembles combined condtions. The lower rating slope is 1.95.  A breakpoint was selected at 3.57 ft where the riffle lower section control becomes submerged as it transitions into channel control. As stage rises, the steep banks and bridge contraction sare the main control features. And offset of 3.00 ft was selected to straighten the intermediate section of the rating. A series of descriptor points were inserted on the upper end to the right as flows break out of the channel and overtop the bank. The upper end was extended to 27.20 ft and 15, 154 cfs via a straight line extension."
# //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic"
# //RATING BREAKPOINT1=3.570000E+00
# //RATING OFFSET1=2.300000E+00 OFFSET2=3.000000E+00
# //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)"
# //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)"
# //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20230411174500 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working
# //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT=""
INDEP	DEP	STOR
16N	16N	1S
2.5500000E+00	1.5600000E+01	*
3.4400000E+00	3.0145000E+02	*
3.5700000E+00	3.6900000E+02	*
3.8600000E+00	5.2580000E+02	*
1.0940000E+01	3.6059700E+03	*
1.2850000E+01	4.4397800E+03	*
1.4550000E+01	5.2686700E+03	*
1.5920000E+01	6.0189200E+03	*
1.9580000E+01	8.3035900E+03	*
2.1670000E+01	9.7980700E+03	*
2.3420000E+01	1.1275700E+04	*
2.7200000E+01	1.5154110E+04	*