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USGS 06174500 Milk River at Nashua MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 48°07'48.19",   Longitude 106°21'51.53"   NAD83
Valley County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 10050012
Drainage area: 22,452 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 20,254 square miles,
Datum of gage: 2,027.75 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1989-10-01  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2000-04-01  2025-11-04  3219 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-11-05  31448 
    Oxidation reduction potential, reference electrode not specified, millivolts  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  1245 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  1236 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  1245 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2024-04-25  2025-10-20  1197 
    Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), water, in situ, concentration estimated from reference material, micrograms per liter as quinine sulfate equivalents (QSE)  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  399 
    Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  1245 
    Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)  2024-04-25  2025-11-04  1245 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2024-04-24  2025-11-05  1228 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-04-23  1969-06-29  7348 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2000-04-01  2003-09-29 658 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10-01  2025-01-12 31151 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2024-04-25  2024-11-04 193 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-04-23  1969-06-29 7348 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2000-04  2003-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939-10  2025-01  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2024-04  2024-11  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-04  1969-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2000  2003  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2024  2025  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948  1969  
 Peak streamflow 1940-04-23  2024-05-10  85 
 Field measurements 1952-04-08  2025-08-13  447 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1959-08-06  2013-09-30  553 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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