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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-12-16 1981-09-10
Information Water-quality 1967-10-01 1992-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-10-01 1992-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-10-01 1992-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-12-11 1992-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-12-11 1992-09-10
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-21 1992-09-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-12-11 1992-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-21 1981-09-10
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1945-05-11 1992-09-10
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-12-16 1981-09-10
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-11-05 1981-07-17
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1959-10-01 1992-09-10
n/a Peak Measurements 1945-06-25 1981-06-11
n/a Site Visits 1983-09-21 1984-08-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06294700 is associated with a Stream in Treasure County, Montana. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06294700 n/a
Site name
Bighorn River at Bighorn MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 460849.49 n/a
DMS longitude 1072802.45 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.14708056 n/a
Decimal longitude -107.4673472 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
Treasure County 103
Country US n/a
Land net location description S33 T05N R34E M n/a
Name of location map BIGHORN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2690 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
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
22887 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