# //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: 2026-08-25 15:20:01 # //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="06287800 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Bighorn River at bridge, at St. Xavier, MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="4.2" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Lower end extension for low flows" # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=2.800000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20260820124500 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Lower end straight line extension" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 4.9846883E+00 1.0110205E+03 * 5.2810292E+00 1.2967682E+03 * 5.6900000E+00 1.7479800E+03 * 8.8700000E+00 7.4682500E+03 * 1.0290000E+01 1.1478440E+04 * 1.2060000E+01 1.8374660E+04 * 1.2580000E+01 2.0741790E+04 *