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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1975-06-27 2004-09-02
Information Water-quality 1953-11-24 2009-09-24
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-11-24 2001-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-11-24 2009-09-24
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-12-01 2001-09-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-12-01 2001-09-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1975-07-22 2001-09-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-12-01 2009-09-24
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-04-22 2001-09-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1999-01-26 2009-09-24
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1921-05-15 2024-11-12
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-07-22 1979-01-30
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1977-11-10 2001-09-26
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1975-04-22 2009-09-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1921-06-21 2023-06-26
n/a Site Visits 1977-11-09 2024-11-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06295000 is associated with a Stream in Rosebud County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1921 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06295000 n/a
Site name
Yellowstone River at Forsyth MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461559.89 n/a
DMS longitude 1064128.69 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.2666361 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.6913028 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
Rosebud County 087
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWNWS23 T06N R40E P n/a
Name of location map FORSYTH n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2504.62 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
10100001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
40152 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 39460 square miles 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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