Jefferson River near Three Forks MT - 06036650

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Gage height, feet

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Latest value

3.84 ft

Provisional

Apr 20, 2025

10:00:00 AM MDT

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3.84 ft

Provisional

Apr 20, 2025

10:00:00 AM MDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-20T10:00:00.000-06:00	3.84	Provisional
2025-04-20T09:45:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T09:30:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T09:15:00.000-06:00	3.84	Provisional
2025-04-20T09:00:00.000-06:00	3.82	Provisional
2025-04-20T08:45:00.000-06:00	3.84	Provisional
2025-04-20T08:30:00.000-06:00	3.84	Provisional
2025-04-20T08:15:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T08:00:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T07:45:00.000-06:00	3.82	Provisional
2025-04-20T07:30:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T07:15:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T07:00:00.000-06:00	3.83	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:45:00.000-06:00	3.82	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:30:00.000-06:00	3.82	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:15:00.000-06:00	3.82	Provisional

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2007-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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1995-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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2020-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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63 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1982-10-21 to 2013-08-28

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Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,079.50 feet above NAVD88. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 4,079.50 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06036650	_n/a
Site name	Jefferson River near Three Forks MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	455349.69	_n/a
DMS longitude	1113544.42	_n/a
Decimal latitude	45.8971361	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-111.5956722	_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	Broadwater County	007
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SWSWNWS27 T02N R01E P	_n/a
Name of location map	THREE FORKS	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	4079.50 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.10 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Jefferson	10020005
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	9558 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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