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2 data types available - data from 2024-04-03 to 2026-09-08

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1 data types available - data from 2024-05-15 to 2026-09-07

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	06096001	n/a
Location name	Birch Cr Main Canal at diversion, nr Dupuyer, MT	n/a
Site type	Canal	ST-CA
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	48.25175	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-112.625444	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Global positioning system (GPS), Standard Positioning Service (SPS) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
District	Montana	30
State	Montana	30
County	Pondera County	073
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	4134 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	10 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Two Medicine	10030201
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		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
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