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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-07-13 2018-04-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1967-10-01 1993-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-10-01 2018-04-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-10-01 2009-08-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1967-10-03 1986-09-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-10-01 2018-04-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1925-06-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-08 1986-09-04
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1968-03-04 2017-11-01
n/a Peak Measurements 1925-06-05 2023-05-30
n/a Site Visits 1953-06-04 2024-08-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06088500 is associated with a Stream in Cascade County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1925 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06088500 n/a
Site name
Muddy Creek at Vaughn MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 473340.56 n/a
DMS longitude 1113230.37 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.56126667 n/a
Decimal longitude -111.5417694 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
Cascade County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSENES24 T21N R01E P n/a
Name of location map VAUGHN n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 003330 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
256 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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