Missouri River near Wolf Point MT - 06177000
Water quality records at this station are operated seasonally (April 1 - October 31).
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Missouri River near Wolf Point MT - 06177000
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 17, 2025 - March 24, 2025
Gage height, feet
10.17 ft - Mar 24, 2025 11:00:00 AM MDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
10.17 ft
Provisional
Mar 24, 2025
11:00:00 AM MDT
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10.17 ft
Provisional
Mar 24, 2025
11:00:00 AM MDT
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Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
11 data types available - data from 1989-10-01 to 2025-03-24
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-24
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1989-10-01 - 2025-03-24
Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Oxidation reduction potential, reference electrode not specified, millivolts
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2024-04-23 - 2025-03-24
Daily data
11 data types available - data from 1928-10-01 to 2025-03-24
Field measurements - Coming soon
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
103 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1961-09-07 to 2025-03-12
221 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
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5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Water-quality | 1982-11-01 | 2005-08-11 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1961-09-07 | 2004-08-31 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1961-09-07 | 2025-03-24 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1961-09-07 | 2004-08-31 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1961-09-07 | 2004-08-31 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1961-09-07 | 2004-08-31 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1928-10-01 | 2025-03-24 |
| Sediment | Daily Values, Water-quality | 1948-04-28 | 2004-08-31 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1929-06-04 | 2024-06-27 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1975-06-09 | 2025-03-12 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 06177000 is associated with a Stream in McCone County, Montana. Current conditions of Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), Discharge, Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), and more are available. Water data back to 1928 are available online.
Water quality monitoring
in collaboration with the Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
06177000 | n/a |
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Site name
|
Missouri River near Wolf Point MT | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 480402.37 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1053159.15 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 48.067325 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -105.5330972 | 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
|
McCone County | 055 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SWNWS28 T27N R48E P | n/a |
| Name of location map | MACON | n/a |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 1958.57 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
|
Prarie Elk-Wolf | 10060001 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
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Date of first construction
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n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
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Drainage area
|
80650 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 | |
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Local aquifer type
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n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
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n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
