Bighorn River near Hardin MT - 06288500

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April 21, 2024 - April 20, 2025

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2 data types available - data from 1904-07-01 to 1974-09-29

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1904-07-01 - 1933-06-30

Years of data collection: 29

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

1967-12-21 - 1974-09-29

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Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 2,876.68 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 2,876.68 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06288500	_n/a
Site name	Bighorn River near Hardin MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	454345.76	_n/a
DMS longitude	1073451.74	_n/a
Decimal latitude	45.72937778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-107.5810389	_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	Big Horn County	003
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Hardin	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2876.68 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Reported method of determination.	R
Altitude accuracy	0.2 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Bighorn	10080015
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	20716 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

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Bighorn River near Hardin MT - 06288500

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