# //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: 2023-01-05 14:55:02 # //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="12352500 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Bitterroot River near Missoula MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="12.1" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Based on WY19-WY20 and historic highwater measurements." # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=7.290000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=1.400000E+00 OFFSET2=3.500000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20221020090000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="extended low end of rating due to ice affected periods dropping the stage below Rating 12.0" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 1.9800000E+00 1.0603000E+02 * 2.2700000E+00 2.2122000E+02 * 7.2900000E+00 7.1008800E+03 * 1.4200000E+01 2.5922070E+04 *