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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 1975-04-23 1978-11-07
Information Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-02-12 1981-09-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-02-12 1984-08-23
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1968-10-02 1984-09-29
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-04-23 1977-09-22
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-29 1981-06-17
Sediment Water-quality 1975-04-23 1984-09-19
n/a Site Visits 1977-04-27 1979-07-05
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06296120 is associated with a Stream in Custer County, Montana. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06296120 n/a
Site name
Yellowstone River near Miles City MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 462353 n/a
DMS longitude 1055342 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.3980582 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.8955602 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Custer County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10100001
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
42847 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