# //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: 2026-06-29 14:35:02 # //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="06288400 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Bighorn River at Two Leggins Bridge, near Hardin" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="4.2" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Extension of lower end of Rating 4.1. Several short periods in June 2026 went below the rated flow." # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=6.500000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20260501000000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Straight line lower extension of Rating 4.1. Placed into effect a couple weeks before low flows caused issues with previous rating. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 7.7350000E+00 2.7188934E+02 * 8.9700000E+00 1.1410000E+03 * 1.5600000E+01 1.6950000E+04 * 1.6740000E+01 2.1638860E+04 *