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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2007-05-16 2008-08-27
Information Water-quality 2007-03-29 2014-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-07-08 2008-08-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-07-08 2014-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-07-08 1971-04-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-07-08 2008-08-27
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-08-12 1971-06-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-07-08 2014-08-19
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 2008-05-06 2008-08-27
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-08-12 2008-08-27
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2008-05-06 2008-08-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-07-08 2014-10-01
Sediment Water-quality 2007-03-29 2014-08-19
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-06-01 2014-05-25
n/a Site Visits 2007-02-23 2015-02-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2014-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12369000 is associated with a Stream in Flathead County, Montana. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12369000 n/a
Site name
Flathead River near Bigfork MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 480532.37 n/a
DMS longitude 1140655.33 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.092325 n/a
Decimal longitude -114.1153694 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
Flathead County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWSWS23 T27N R20W n/a
Name of location map Bigfork MT 1991 n/a
Scale of location map 124000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2894 feet n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17010208
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
5789 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