Water quality records at this station are operated seasonally (April 1 - October 31).
Important information about this monitoring location
Water quality monitoring
in collaboration with the Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System.
Location details and information
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
---|---|---|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
|
06174500 | n/a |
Site name
|
Milk River at Nashua MT | n/a |
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
DMS latitude | 480748.19 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 1062151.53 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 48.13005278 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -106.3643139 | 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
|
Valley County | 105 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | NENES1 T27N R41E P | n/a |
Name of location map | NASHUA | n/a |
Scale of location map | n/a | |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 2027.75 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | Level or other surveyed method. | L |
Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lower Milk | 10050012 |
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
|
22452 square miles | n/a |
Contributing drainage area | 20254 square miles | 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 |