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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-05-28 2005-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2004-04-19 2004-04-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2004-04-19 2005-09-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2004-04-19 2004-04-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2004-04-19 2005-09-15
Organics, other Water-quality 2004-09-14 2005-09-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1959-09-01 2024-11-20
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1959-09-10 2005-09-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1959-10-23 2024-06-07
n/a Site Visits 1965-08-04 2024-10-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06038800 is associated with a Stream in Madison County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1959 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06038800 n/a
Site name
Madison River at Kirby Ranch nr Cameron MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 445319.16 n/a
DMS longitude 1113451.19 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.88865556 n/a
Decimal longitude -111.580886 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 NENESES10 T11S R01E M n/a
Name of location map BAD LUCK CREEK n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5860 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
10020007
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
1093 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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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