Musselshell River at Harlowton MT - 06120500

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 4,165.88 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 4,165.88 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06120500	_n/a
Site name	Musselshell River at Harlowton MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	462543.68	_n/a
DMS longitude	1095028.30	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.4288	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-109.8411944	_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	Wheatland County	107
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SWNWNWS27 T08N R15E P	_n/a
Name of location map	HARLOWTON	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	4165.88 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.12 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Musselshell	10040201
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	1108 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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