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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-07-13 2023-11-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-07-10 2023-11-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-07-10 2023-11-03
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-07-10 2023-11-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-07-10 2023-11-03
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-07-10 1971-06-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-07-10 2009-06-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-08-14 1971-06-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1929-03-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1986-07-14 2023-11-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1908-06-01 2024-05-17
n/a Site Visits 1933-06-02 2024-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12340500 is associated with a Stream in Missoula County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1908 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12340500 n/a
Site name
Clark Fork above Missoula MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 465236.35 n/a
DMS longitude 1135555.63 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.87676389 n/a
Decimal longitude -113.9321194 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
Missoula County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWNWS19 T13N R18W P n/a
Name of location map NORTHEAST MISSOULA n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3198.30 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17010204
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
6021 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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