# //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: 2023-07-20 22:45:02 # //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="06307616 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Tongue R at Birney Day School Br nr Birney MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="12.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Straight-line ext of rating 11.0 to cover flood flows; provisional until new meas defn can be obtained." # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=3.080000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=3.000000E-01 OFFSET2=0.000000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20230530163000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Rating No. 12.0 developed to account for new high-water definition provided my measurements in May and June 2023. Also, new measurements at lower end of rating, completed after 2018, were plotting generally right of rating no. 11.2. No recent GZF has been attained. A estimate of 0.5 was determined for gzf. Rating May need adjustment as a GZF is attained. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 5.5000000E-01 2.3670000E+01 * 3.0800000E+00 9.7844000E+02 * 3.2900000E+00 1.1146100E+03 * 8.8900000E+00 5.5887900E+03 *