# //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: 2024-02-28 17:25:02 # //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="12302055 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Fisher River near Libby MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="15.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Rating covers full range of stages for last 30 years. Upper end based upon QM 276 and less than 2 X highest Q measured, QM 85. QM's used: 85, 273, 276, 286, 317, 402, 414-415, 427, 437, 441, 443-446, 448-457, 459-479. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=4.000000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=1.200000E+00 OFFSET2=1.800000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20240113000000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End 14.0 and start 15.0 during ice period (frozen well), no change in Q. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 2.0200000E+00 1.0149000E+01 * 4.0000000E+00 4.6162500E+02 * 1.0820000E+01 1.3000000E+04 *