# //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: 2025-08-19 18:10:02 # //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="12324590 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Little Blackfoot River near Garrison MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="17.0 " TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Rating drawn to most positive measurements with expectation that negative truss-based shifts are needed on the lower end to account for constant changes (growth and removal/die off) to aquatic and vegetation on the gravel bar acting as control, mostly right bank. QMs used for rating development: 51, 132, 443, 531-533, 539, 541-543, 546, 548, 550-552, 556-557. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=-1.650000E-01 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20250312210000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End rating 16.2 with shift 19 and begin rating 17.0 with shift 1. Change in Q: " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 3.6235797E-03 7.9090798E+00 * 9.0900000E+00 4.6200000E+03 *