# //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: 2026-07-23 19:30:02
# //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="06019500       " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y
# //STATION NAME="Ruby River above reservoir near Alder, MT"
# //LABEL="Discharge (ft^3/s)"
# //PARAMETER CODE="00060"
# //RATING SHIFTED="20260723193002 MST"
# //RATING ID="16.2" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=????
# //RATING REMARKS="Rating created in 2026 to address negative shifting pattern on lower end of Rating. Appears clear Qms started plotting to the left beginning mid-2023. Most weight placed in clear Qms from the past few years. "
# //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic"
# //RATING BREAKPOINT1=3.300000E+00
# //RATING OFFSET1=1.380000E+00 OFFSET2=2.570000E+00
# //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)"
# //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)"
# //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20260626103700 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working
# //SHIFT_PREV BEGIN="20260626103701" BZONE="-07:00" END="--------------" EZONE="---"
# //SHIFT_PREV STAGE1="3.00" SHIFT1="-0.04" STAGE2="3.30" SHIFT2="0.00" STAGE3="4.50" SHIFT3="0.00"
# //SHIFT_PREV COMMENT="First implementation of new Rating 16.2 (final shift from Rating 16.1 in 2026).  Was previously -0.12 and 0 "
# //SHIFT_NEXT BEGIN="--------------" BZONE="---" END="--------------" EZONE="---"
# //SHIFT_NEXT STAGE1="---" SHIFT1="---" STAGE2="---" SHIFT2="---" STAGE3="---" SHIFT3="---"
# //SHIFT_NEXT COMMENT=" "
INDEP	SHIFT	DEP	STOR
16N	16N	16N	1S
2.59	-0.04	29.25	
2.60	-0.04	31.45	
2.61	-0.04	33.79	
2.62	-0.04	36.29	
2.63	-0.04	38.94	*
2.64	-0.04	41.77	
2.65	-0.04	44.78	
2.66	-0.04	47.98	
2.67	-0.04	51.37	
2.68	-0.04	53.62	
2.69	-0.04	55.06	
2.70	-0.04	56.53	
2.71	-0.04	58.02	
2.72	-0.04	59.54	
2.73	-0.04	61.09	
2.74	-0.04	62.67	
2.75	-0.04	64.27	
2.76	-0.04	65.91	
2.77	-0.04	67.57	
2.78	-0.04	69.26	
2.79	-0.04	70.99	
2.80	-0.04	72.74	
2.81	-0.04	74.52	
2.82	-0.04	76.33	
2.83	-0.04	78.17	
2.84	-0.04	80.05	
2.85	-0.04	81.95	
2.86	-0.04	83.89	
2.87	-0.04	85.86	
2.88	-0.04	87.86	
2.89	-0.04	89.89	
2.90	-0.04	91.96	
2.91	-0.04	94.05	
2.92	-0.04	96.19	
2.93	-0.04	98.35	
2.94	-0.04	100.55	
2.95	-0.04	102.79	
2.96	-0.04	105.06	
2.97	-0.04	107.36	
2.98	-0.04	109.70	
2.99	-0.04	112.07	
3.00	-0.04	114.48	
3.01	-0.04	117.26	
3.02	-0.04	120.08	
3.03	-0.04	122.95	
3.04	-0.03	125.87	
3.05	-0.03	128.83	
3.06	-0.03	131.85	
3.07	-0.03	134.91	
3.08	-0.03	138.03	
3.09	-0.03	141.19	
3.10	-0.03	144.40	
3.11	-0.03	147.67	
3.12	-0.02	150.98	
3.13	-0.02	154.35	
3.14	-0.02	157.77	
3.15	-0.02	161.24	
3.16	-0.02	164.77	
3.17	-0.02	168.35	
3.18	-0.02	171.99	
3.19	-0.01	175.67	
3.20	-0.01	179.42	
3.21	-0.01	183.22	
3.22	-0.01	187.07	
3.23	-0.01	190.99	
3.24	-0.01	194.96	
3.25	-0.01	198.98	
3.26	-0.01	203.07	
3.27	0.00	207.21	
3.28	0.00	211.42	
3.29	0.00	215.68	
3.30	0.00	220.00	*
3.31	0.00	223.55	
3.32	0.00	227.11	
3.33	0.00	230.67	
3.34	0.00	234.25	
3.35	0.00	237.83	
3.36	0.00	241.42	
3.37	0.00	245.02	
3.38	0.00	248.63	
3.39	0.00	252.24	
3.40	0.00	255.87	
3.41	0.00	259.50	
3.42	0.00	263.13	
3.43	0.00	266.78	
3.44	0.00	270.43	
3.45	0.00	274.09	
3.46	0.00	277.76	
3.47	0.00	281.43	
3.48	0.00	285.12	
3.49	0.00	288.81	
3.50	0.00	292.50	
3.51	0.00	296.21	
3.52	0.00	299.92	
3.53	0.00	303.63	
3.54	0.00	307.36	
3.55	0.00	311.09	
3.56	0.00	314.83	
3.57	0.00	318.57	
3.58	0.00	322.32	
3.59	0.00	326.08	
3.60	0.00	329.84	
3.61	0.00	333.61	
3.62	0.00	337.39	
3.63	0.00	341.17	
3.64	0.00	344.96	
3.65	0.00	348.76	
3.66	0.00	352.56	
3.67	0.00	356.37	
3.68	0.00	360.18	
3.69	0.00	364.00	
3.70	0.00	367.83	
3.71	0.00	371.66	
3.72	0.00	375.50	
3.73	0.00	379.34	
3.74	0.00	383.19	
3.75	0.00	387.05	
3.76	0.00	390.91	
3.77	0.00	394.78	
3.78	0.00	398.65	
3.79	0.00	402.53	
3.80	0.00	406.41	
3.81	0.00	410.30	
3.82	0.00	414.20	
3.83	0.00	418.10	
3.84	0.00	422.00	
3.85	0.00	425.91	
3.86	0.00	429.83	
3.87	0.00	433.75	
3.88	0.00	437.68	
3.89	0.00	441.61	
3.90	0.00	445.55	
3.91	0.00	449.50	
3.92	0.00	453.44	
3.93	0.00	457.40	
3.94	0.00	461.36	
3.95	0.00	465.32	
3.96	0.00	469.29	
3.97	0.00	473.26	
3.98	0.00	477.24	
3.99	0.00	481.23	
4.00	0.00	485.22	
4.01	0.00	489.21	
4.02	0.00	493.21	
4.03	0.00	497.21	
4.04	0.00	501.22	
4.05	0.00	505.24	
4.06	0.00	509.25	
4.07	0.00	513.28	
4.08	0.00	517.30	
4.09	0.00	521.34	
4.10	0.00	525.37	
4.11	0.00	529.42	
4.12	0.00	533.46	
4.13	0.00	537.51	
4.14	0.00	541.57	
4.15	0.00	545.63	
4.16	0.00	549.69	
4.17	0.00	553.76	
4.18	0.00	557.84	
4.19	0.00	561.91	
4.20	0.00	566.00	
4.21	0.00	570.08	
4.22	0.00	574.18	
4.23	0.00	578.27	
4.24	0.00	582.37	
4.25	0.00	586.48	
4.26	0.00	590.58	
4.27	0.00	594.70	
4.28	0.00	598.81	
4.29	0.00	602.94	
4.30	0.00	607.06	
4.31	0.00	611.19	
4.32	0.00	615.33	
4.33	0.00	619.46	
4.34	0.00	623.61	
4.35	0.00	627.75	
4.36	0.00	631.90	
4.37	0.00	636.06	
4.38	0.00	640.22	
4.39	0.00	644.38	
4.40	0.00	648.55	
4.41	0.00	652.72	
4.42	0.00	656.89	
4.43	0.00	661.07	
4.44	0.00	665.26	
4.45	0.00	669.44	
4.46	0.00	673.63	
4.47	0.00	677.83	
4.48	0.00	682.03	
4.49	0.00	686.23	
4.50	0.00	690.44	
4.51	0.00	694.65	
4.52	0.00	698.86	
4.53	0.00	703.08	
4.54	0.00	707.30	
4.55	0.00	711.53	
4.56	0.00	715.75	
4.57	0.00	719.99	
4.58	0.00	724.22	
4.59	0.00	728.46	
4.60	0.00	732.71	
4.61	0.00	736.96	
4.62	0.00	741.21	
4.63	0.00	745.46	
4.64	0.00	749.72	
4.65	0.00	753.98	
4.66	0.00	758.25	
4.67	0.00	762.52	
4.68	0.00	766.79	
4.69	0.00	771.07	
4.70	0.00	775.35	
4.71	0.00	779.63	
4.72	0.00	783.92	
4.73	0.00	788.21	
4.74	0.00	792.51	
4.75	0.00	796.80	
4.76	0.00	801.11	
4.77	0.00	805.41	
4.78	0.00	809.72	
4.79	0.00	814.03	
4.80	0.00	818.35	
4.81	0.00	822.67	
4.82	0.00	826.99	
4.83	0.00	831.31	
4.84	0.00	835.64	
4.85	0.00	839.97	
4.86	0.00	844.31	
4.87	0.00	848.65	
4.88	0.00	852.99	
4.89	0.00	857.34	
4.90	0.00	861.68	
4.91	0.00	866.04	
4.92	0.00	870.39	
4.93	0.00	874.75	
4.94	0.00	879.11	
4.95	0.00	883.48	
4.96	0.00	887.85	
4.97	0.00	892.22	
4.98	0.00	896.59	
4.99	0.00	900.97	
5.00	0.00	905.35	
5.01	0.00	909.74	
5.02	0.00	914.12	
5.03	0.00	918.51	
5.04	0.00	922.91	
5.05	0.00	927.31	
5.06	0.00	931.71	
5.07	0.00	936.11	
5.08	0.00	940.51	
5.09	0.00	944.92	
5.10	0.00	949.34	
5.11	0.00	953.75	
5.12	0.00	958.17	
5.13	0.00	962.59	
5.14	0.00	967.02	
5.15	0.00	971.45	
5.16	0.00	975.88	
5.17	0.00	980.31	
5.18	0.00	984.75	
5.19	0.00	989.19	
5.20	0.00	993.63	
5.21	0.00	998.08	
5.22	0.00	1002.52	
5.23	0.00	1006.98	
5.24	0.00	1011.43	
5.25	0.00	1015.89	
5.26	0.00	1020.35	
5.27	0.00	1024.81	
5.28	0.00	1029.28	
5.29	0.00	1033.75	
5.30	0.00	1038.22	
5.31	0.00	1042.70	
5.32	0.00	1047.17	
5.33	0.00	1051.66	
5.34	0.00	1056.14	
5.35	0.00	1060.63	
5.36	0.00	1065.12	
5.37	0.00	1069.61	
5.38	0.00	1074.10	
5.39	0.00	1078.60	
5.40	0.00	1083.10	
5.41	0.00	1087.60	
5.42	0.00	1092.11	
5.43	0.00	1096.62	
5.44	0.00	1101.13	
5.45	0.00	1105.65	
5.46	0.00	1110.16	
5.47	0.00	1114.68	
5.48	0.00	1119.21	
5.49	0.00	1123.73	
5.50	0.00	1128.26	
5.51	0.00	1132.79	
5.52	0.00	1137.33	
5.53	0.00	1141.86	
5.54	0.00	1146.40	
5.55	0.00	1150.95	
5.56	0.00	1155.49	
5.57	0.00	1160.04	
5.58	0.00	1164.59	
5.59	0.00	1169.14	
5.60	0.00	1173.70	
5.61	0.00	1178.25	
5.62	0.00	1182.81	
5.63	0.00	1187.38	
5.64	0.00	1191.94	
5.65	0.00	1196.51	
5.66	0.00	1201.08	
5.67	0.00	1205.66	
5.68	0.00	1210.23	
5.69	0.00	1214.81	
5.70	0.00	1219.39	
5.71	0.00	1223.98	
5.72	0.00	1228.57	
5.73	0.00	1233.15	
5.74	0.00	1237.75	
5.75	0.00	1242.34	
5.76	0.00	1246.94	
5.77	0.00	1251.54	
5.78	0.00	1256.14	
5.79	0.00	1260.74	
5.80	0.00	1265.35	
5.81	0.00	1269.96	
5.82	0.00	1274.57	
5.83	0.00	1279.19	
5.84	0.00	1283.81	
5.85	0.00	1288.42	
5.86	0.00	1293.05	
5.87	0.00	1297.67	
5.88	0.00	1302.30	
5.89	0.00	1306.93	
5.90	0.00	1311.56	
5.91	0.00	1316.19	
5.92	0.00	1320.83	
5.93	0.00	1325.47	
5.94	0.00	1330.11	
5.95	0.00	1334.76	
5.96	0.00	1339.40	
5.97	0.00	1344.05	
5.98	0.00	1348.70	
5.99	0.00	1353.36	
6.00	0.00	1358.01	
6.01	0.00	1362.67	
6.02	0.00	1367.33	
6.03	0.00	1372.00	
6.04	0.00	1376.66	
6.05	0.00	1381.33	
6.06	0.00	1386.00	
6.07	0.00	1390.68	
6.08	0.00	1395.35	
6.09	0.00	1400.03	
6.10	0.00	1404.71	
6.11	0.00	1409.39	
6.12	0.00	1414.07	
6.13	0.00	1418.76	
6.14	0.00	1423.45	
6.15	0.00	1428.14	
6.16	0.00	1432.84	
6.17	0.00	1437.53	
6.18	0.00	1442.23	
6.19	0.00	1446.93	
6.20	0.00	1451.64	
6.21	0.00	1456.34	
6.22	0.00	1461.05	
6.23	0.00	1465.76	
6.24	0.00	1470.47	
6.25	0.00	1475.19	
6.26	0.00	1479.90	
6.27	0.00	1484.62	
6.28	0.00	1489.34	
6.29	0.00	1494.07	
6.30	0.00	1498.79	
6.31	0.00	1503.52	
6.32	0.00	1508.25	
6.33	0.00	1512.98	
6.34	0.00	1517.72	
6.35	0.00	1522.45	
6.36	0.00	1527.19	
6.37	0.00	1531.93	
6.38	0.00	1536.68	
6.39	0.00	1541.42	
6.40	0.00	1546.17	
6.41	0.00	1550.92	
6.42	0.00	1555.67	
6.43	0.00	1560.43	
6.44	0.00	1565.18	
6.45	0.00	1569.94	
6.46	0.00	1574.70	
6.47	0.00	1579.47	
6.48	0.00	1584.23	
6.49	0.00	1589.00	*