Tongue River at Miles City, MT - 06308500

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Gage height, feet

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2.28 ft

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Apr 21, 2025

06:00:00 AM MDT

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1991-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number

2007-10-01 - 2013-04-10

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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

2020-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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6 data types available - data from 1938-04-01 to 2025-04-20

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330 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1959-10-01 to 2016-10-25

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06308500	_n/a
Site name	Tongue River at Miles City, MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	462304.54	_n/a
DMS longitude	1055043.88	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.3845944	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-105.8455222	_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	Custer County	017
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SESESES04 T07N R47E M	_n/a
Name of location map	MILES CITY	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2351.40 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.	D
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Tongue	10090102
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	5405 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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