# //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: 2023-04-13 01:11:02 # //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="12362500 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="S F Flathead River nr Columbia Falls MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="12.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="" # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=4.110000E+00 BREAKPOINT2=8.030000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=1.100000E+00 OFFSET2=1.500000E+00 OFFSET3=4.200000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20210830161500 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="Start of R12.0; transitioned at 6.15 ft stage (similar Q between R11 and R12) R12 was developed using more recent QM trend (WY17-21) and historic HW QMs. R12.0 also eliminated most reversals on R11.0" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 2.1300000E+00 9.9000000E+01 * 4.1100000E+00 8.6800000E+02 * 4.3500000E+00 1.0400000E+03 * 8.0300000E+00 5.8500000E+03 * 1.5060000E+01 2.2200000E+04 *