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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1992-03-27 2005-04-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-03-27 2011-10-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1992-06-19 2011-05-25
n/a Site Visits 1992-03-20 2011-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2011-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06126050 is associated with a Stream in Golden Valley County, Montana. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06126050 n/a
Site name
Musselshell River near Lavina MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461732.33 n/a
DMS longitude 1085333.75 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.29231389 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.8927083 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
Golden Valley County 037
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES6 T06N R23E P n/a
Name of location map LAVINA n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3400 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10040201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2947 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