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USGS 06309000 Yellowstone River at Miles City, MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°25'14.78",   Longitude 105°51'36.12"   NAD83
Custer County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 10100001
Drainage area: 48,287.7 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 47,596 square miles,
Datum of gage: 2,333.3 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1995-10-01  2026-01-22  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-09-01  2026-01-21  34871 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-06-03  1951-09-29  1214 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-09-01  2024-11-06 34431 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-06-03  1951-09-29 1214 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-09  2024-11  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948-06  1951-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922  2025  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1948  1951  
 Peak streamflow 1923-06-15  2024-06-13  97 
 Field measurements 1953-06-17  2025-11-20  337 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1965-06-17  2012-10-15  140 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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