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Blacktail Creek above Grove Gulch, at Butte, MT - 12323233
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Monitoring location 12323233 is associated with a Stream in Silver Bow County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.
Metadata Element
Location Metadata
Metadata Code
Agency
The agency that is reporting the data.
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Site identification number
Each site in the USGS data base has a unique 8- to 15-digit identification number.
12323233
n/a
Site name
This is the official name of the site in the database. For well information this can be a district-assigned local number.
Blacktail Creek above Grove Gulch, at Butte, MT
n/a
Site type
A list of primary and secondary site types that can be associated with data collection sites. A site type is a generalized location in the hydrologic cycle, or a man-made feature thought to affect the hydrologic conditions measured at a site. All sites are associated with a primary site type, and may additionally be associated with a secondary site type that further describes the location. The exception to this rule is the Facility primary site type, which must always be associated with a secondary site type. The site type code incorporates these hierarchial distinctions.
Stream
"A body of running water moving under gravity flow in a defined channel. The channel may be entirely natural, or altered by engineering practices through straightening, dredging, and (or) lining. An entirely artificial channel should be qualified with the ""canal"" or ""ditch"" secondary site type."
ST
DMS latitude
455928.57
n/a
DMS longitude
1123138.49
n/a
Decimal latitude
45.9912694
n/a
Decimal longitude
-112.5273583
n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Indicates the method used to determine latitude longitude values.
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Indicates the accuracy of the latitude longitude values.
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).
1
Latitude-longitude datum
Latitude/longitude (horizontal) coordinate datum.
North American Datum of 1983
NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983
NAD83
District
The Water Science Centers (WSCs) across the United States use the FIPS state code as the district code. In some case, sites and samples may be managed by a water science center that is adjacent to the state in which the site actually resides.
Montana
30
State
The name of the state or territory in which the site is located.
Montana
30
County
The name of the county or county equivalent (parish, borough, etc.) in which the site is located.
Silver Bow County
093
Country
US
n/a
Land net location description
WHSWSWS19 T03N R07W M
n/a
Name of location map
BUTTE SOUTH
n/a
Scale of location map
24000
n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface
5457
feet
n/a
Method altitude determined
Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
N
Altitude accuracy
20
feet
n/a
Altitude datum
Altitude of the site referenced to the specified Vertical Datum.
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Hydrologic units are geographic areas representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic feature and are delineated on the State Hydrologic Unit Maps.
17010201
Drainage basin
The Basin Code or "drainage basin code" is a two-digit code that further subdivides the 8-digit hydrologic-unit code.
n/a
Topographic setting
Refers to the geomorphic features in the vicinity of the site.
n/a
Flags for instruments at site
YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
n/a
Date of first construction
Date the well was completed
n/a
Date site established or inventoried
20200416
n/a
Drainage area
The area enclosed by a topographic divide from which direct surface runoff from precipitation normally drains by gravity into the stream above that point.
90.1
square miles
n/a
Contributing drainage area
n/a
Time Zone abbreviation
MST
n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y for yes or an N for no to indicate whether the site is in an area that switches to Local Standard Time (Daylight Saving Time) for a part of the year.
Y
n/a
Data reliability
Data reliability code is mandatory for spring, groundwater, and aggregate groundwater sites.
Data have been checked by the reporting agency.
C
Data-other GW files
n/a
National aquifer
n/a
Local aquifer
n/a
Local aquifer type
Describes the type of aquifer(s) encountered by a site type of well (groundwater).
n/a
Well depth
n/a
Hole depth
The total depth to which the hole is drilled, in feet below land surface datum.