USGS 12363000 Flathead River at Columbia Falls MT

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Flood Tracking - Stage Flood Tracking - Discharge Gage-height Corrections Base Rating Shifted Rating
(About shift-adjusted ratings).
Station operated by the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center in cooperation with Energy Keepers Inc, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and the USGS Cooperative Matching Funds program.
Leaving USGS: National Weather Service forecast. U.S. Coast Guard boating safety tips.
This station managed by the Helena Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2011-10-01  2026-02-20
1995-10-01  2026-02-20
2007-10-01  2026-02-20
2013-05-01  2026-02-20







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.9 02-21-2026   00:45 MST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 3640 02-21-2026   00:45 MST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Feb 21 based on 73 water years of record more
Min
(1977)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Feb 21		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1996)
1150 3560 3640 3910 5370 7550 14700

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.83 02-21-2026   00:45 MST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2985.32 02-21-2026   00:45 MST
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