# //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: 2023-04-04 16:10:02 # //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="06214500 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Yellowstone River at Billings MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="21.2" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="RT 21.1: lower end extension for low flows in winter. RT 21.2: Upper end extension for flooding" # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=7.800000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=-7.000000E-01 OFFSET2=2.700000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20220614000000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Upper end extension for flooding" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 9.0000000E-01 5.4605000E+02 * 1.1000000E+00 7.1900000E+02 * 2.0000000E+00 1.8540000E+03 * 2.1000000E+00 2.0120000E+03 * 7.8000000E+00 2.2700000E+04 * 1.5250000E+01 7.3500000E+04 * 1.5500000E+01 7.5470000E+04 * 1.5750000E+01 7.7590000E+04 * 1.6000000E+01 7.9910000E+04 * 1.6300000E+01 8.2880000E+04 * 1.6600000E+01 8.6000000E+04 *