Madison River near Cameron MT

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of zero gage height has been determined to be 5,145.23 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 5,145.23 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06040000	_n/a
Site name	Madison River near Cameron MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	451359.28	_n/a
DMS longitude	1114505.88	_n/a
Decimal latitude	45.2331333	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-111.7516333	_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	Madison County	057
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SESESWS08 T07S R01W M	_n/a
Name of location map	VARNEY	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	5145.23 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Z
Altitude accuracy	0.4 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Madison	10020007
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	1728 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	Data have been checked by the reporting agency.	C
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

Operated in cooperation with:

Madison Conservation District

Madison River Foundation

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds