Rosebud Creek near Colstrip MT - 06295250
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Rosebud Creek near Colstrip MT - 06295250
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
No data available
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Median 1975 - 2006
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
0.00 ft3/s
Approved
Sep 30, 2006
23:45:00 PM MDT
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No data
No data
Statistics for April 20, 2025 based on 32 years of data
Streamflow, ft³/s
low (2004)
6.50 ft3/s
25th percentile
13 ft3/s
median
23 ft3/s
75th percentile
47 ft3/s
mean
41 ft3/s
high (1979)
228 ft3/s
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Data date range
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1994-10-01 - 2006-09-30
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2 data types available - data from 1974-10-01 to 2006-09-29
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128 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1974-10-09 to 2005-05-03
229 Sampling activities
Location details and information
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
06295250 | n/a |
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Site name
|
Rosebud Creek near Colstrip MT | n/a |
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Site type
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Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 454601.74 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1063411.49 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 45.76715 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -106.5698583 | n/a |
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Latitude-longitude method
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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 |
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State
|
Montana | 30 |
|
County
|
Rosebud County | 087 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SESWNES08 T01S R42E P | n/a |
| Name of location map | COLSTRIP SE | n/a |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 3000 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Interpolated from topographic map. | M |
| Altitude accuracy | 1 feet | n/a |
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Altitude datum
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National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
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Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Rosebud | 10100003 |
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Drainage basin
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n/a | |
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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 | |
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Drainage area
|
800 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | MST | n/a |
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Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
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Data reliability
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n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NYNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
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Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
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