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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1980-11-21 1983-09-21
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1979-05-25 1983-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1980-05-27 1983-05-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06217950 is associated with a Stream in Yellowstone County, Montana. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06217950 n/a
Site name
Buffalo Creek near Custer MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 460802.01 n/a
DMS longitude 1073751.59 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.13389167 n/a
Decimal longitude -107.6309972 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
Yellowstone County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2760 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10070007
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 n/a
Drainage area
221 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