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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-04-09 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-06-11 2023-06-25
n/a Site Visits 2011-06-03 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06287800 is associated with a Stream in Big Horn County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06287800 n/a
Site name
Bighorn River at bridge, at St. Xavier, MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 452739 n/a
DMS longitude 1074455 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.46075278 n/a
Decimal longitude -107.7493283 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Montana 30
State
Montana 30
County
Big Horn County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description NES27 T4S R32E n/a
Name of location map Saint Xavier n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3030 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10080015
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
2011 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 2011 n/a
Drainage area
19906 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files 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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