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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-06-29 2005-08-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1962-11-30 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1994-09-03 1994-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1963-06-05 2023-05-26
n/a Site Visits 1941-07-17 2024-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06020600 is associated with a Stream in Madison County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1941 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06020600 n/a
Site name
Ruby River below reservoir near Alder, MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 451430.73 n/a
DMS longitude 1120640.46 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.2418694 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.1112389 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Montana 30
State
Montana 30
County
Madison County 057
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESENES08 T07S R04W P n/a
Name of location map RUBY DAM n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5286.6 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10020003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
595 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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