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USGS 06326500 Powder River near Locate MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°25'45.97",   Longitude 105°18'37.19"   NAD83
Custer County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 10090209
Drainage area: 13,060 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,384.7 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1995-10-01  2025-11-05  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2025-06-26  2025-11-04  395 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03-25  2025-11-04  32002 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1951-01-04  1990-01-12  7152 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1974-10-01  1984-09-29  3267 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1974-10-01  1982-09-29  2770 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03-25  2025-08-05 31911 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1974-10-01  1984-09-29 3267 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1974-10-01  1982-09-29 2770 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-03  2025-08  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1974-10  1984-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1974-10  1982-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1975  1984  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1975  1982  
 Peak streamflow 1938-09-07  2024-05-07  87 
 Field measurements 1949-03-07  2025-08-06  425 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1948-08-31  2016-06-02  1091 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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