# //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: 2026-09-15 23:20:01 # //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="12354000 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="St. Regis River near St. Regis, MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="20.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="New rating drawn to more recent QMs on upper end trending positive due to removal of trees along left bank through gage reach. Lower QMs trend positive, attributed to scour during 12/2025 rain event. QMs used to develop rating: 417-418. 424 and 440-445 (QM 374 from 2017 plots negative with specific comments about flooding into trees on LB that are no longer present in 2025). Started with offset 0.69 from recent GZF, ended up with 0.85 as best fit to QM's used for rating developement. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=8.500000E-01 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20251206171500 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End rating 19.0 and rating 20.0 where negative shifts cross. change in Q = 0.15%" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 1.2700000E+00 2.0087256E+01 * 8.4348257E+00 6.9518452E+03 *