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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1988-10-03 2005-09-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1988-10-01 2020-04-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1989-03-10 2020-03-08
n/a Site Visits 1988-09-21 2020-03-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2020-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12323240 is associated with a Stream in Silver Bow County, Montana. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12323240 n/a
Site name
Blacktail Creek at Butte MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 455940.81 n/a
DMS longitude 1123208.57 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.9946694 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.5357139 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 SWNESES24 T03N R08W P n/a
Name of location map BUTTE SOUTH n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5430 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
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
90.9 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