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The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,783.84 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 4,783.84 feet to gage height values.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1985-08-08 1993-09-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1911-05-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1989-05-01 1993-05-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1911-06-03 2023-05-06
n/a Site Visits 1948-05-24 2024-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2023-01-01
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Monitoring location 06078500 is associated with a Stream in Teton County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1911 are available online.

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,783.84 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 4,783.84 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06078500 n/a
Site name
North Fork Sun River near Augusta MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 473823.5 n/a
DMS longitude 1125133.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.6398611 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.8593333 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
Teton County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWNWS26 T22N R10W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4783.84 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .17 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10030104
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
259 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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