Big Hole River near Melrose MT - 06025500

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Gage height, feet

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2.44 ft

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Apr 21, 2025

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1994-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Stream water level elevation above NGVD 1929, in feet

2009-11-01 - 2025-04-21

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

2012-04-01 - 2025-04-21

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4 data types available - data from 1923-10-01 to 2025-04-20

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06025500	_n/a
Site name	Big Hole River near Melrose MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	453135.69	_n/a
DMS longitude	1124206.21	_n/a
Decimal latitude	45.52658056	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-112.701725	_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	SESESWS34 T03S R09W P	_n/a
Name of location map	EARLS GULCH	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	5032.87 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Big Hole	10020004
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	2472 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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