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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-07-05 2002-08-28
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-10-07 1995-08-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-10-07 1995-08-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1981-10-06 1981-10-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-10-07 1995-08-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-10-07 1983-09-22
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1977-09-15 2022-10-18
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-07 1981-07-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1978-03-19 1983-03-13
n/a Site Visits 1985-09-04 2022-10-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06098100 is associated with a Stream in Pondera County, Montana. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06098100 n/a
Site name
Birch Creek near Valier MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 482129.68 n/a
DMS longitude 1122018.00 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.3582444 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.3383333 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
Pondera County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description S14 T30N R06W M n/a
Name of location map VALIER WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3561 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10030201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19770915 n/a
Drainage area
472 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 7KBK00 n/a