This station is operated seasonally (Streamflow March - October; Water temperature June - September).
Important information about this monitoring location
This station is operated in cooperation with Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the Big Hole Watershed Committee, the George Grant Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and the Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana.
Location details and information
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
06026210 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Big Hole River near Glen MT | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 452624.34 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1123321.93 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 45.4400944 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -112.5560917 | 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 | NWSWSES35 T04S R08W P | n/a |
| Name of location map | BLOCK MOUNTAIN | n/a |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 4850 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Interpolated from topographic map. | M |
| Altitude accuracy | 1 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
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
|
2668 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 |