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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-10-12 1990-11-08
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1983-10-01 1990-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1984-05-15 1988-05-31
n/a Site Visits 1983-10-12 1990-11-08
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12323200 is associated with a Stream in Silver Bow County, Montana. Water data back to 1983 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12323200 n/a
Site name
Blacktail Creek near Butte MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 455321.40 n/a
DMS longitude 1122753.12 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.88927778 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.4647556 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
Silver Bow County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWSES17 TO5N R15W P n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5720 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17010201
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
14.6 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