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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Nutrient Water-quality 2019-07-10 2019-08-13
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Monitoring location 450104108151501 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Carbon County, Montana. Water data back to 2019 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
450104108151501 n/a
Site name
Bighorn Lake above Devil Canyon, near Warren, MT n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 450104 n/a
DMS longitude 1081515 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.01777778 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.2541667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Carbon County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSESES26 T09S R28E M n/a
Name of location map MYSTERY CAVE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3641 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10080010
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 20190710 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files Y 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 BIGH0 n/a