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USGS 12363000 Flathead River at Columbia Falls MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 48°21'42.52",   Longitude 114°11'05.82"   NAD83
Flathead County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 17010208
Drainage area: 4,473 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,981.54 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1995-10-01  2025-10-24  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03-27  2025-10-23  49933 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-06-01  2025-10-23  35423 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1965-07-09  1967-09-29  793 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1965-07-01  1967-09-29  821 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03-27  2024-12-05 16383 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-06-01  2025-04-15 35232 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1965-07-09  1967-09-29 793 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1965-07-01  1967-09-29 821 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03  2024-12  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922-06  2025-04  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1965-07  1967-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1965-07  1967-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1965  1967  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1965  1967  
 Peak streamflow 1894-06  2023-05-05  99 
 Field measurements 1929-05-23  2025-08-06  323 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1949-01-01  2017-08-17  509 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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