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USGS 06089000 Sun River near Vaughn MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 47°31'32.80",   Longitude 111°30'39.73"   NAD83
Cascade County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 10030104
Drainage area: 1,774 square miles
Datum of gage: 3,340.02 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1994-10-01  2025-10-26  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-08-25  2024-05-15  12126 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04-01  2025-10-25  33446 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1968-10-01  2001-06-17  10985 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-08-25  2010-09-19 3896 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04-01  2024-12-05 33122 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999-08  2010-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934-04  2024-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1999  2010  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1934  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1934-06-08  2024-06-18  91 
 Field measurements 1943-06-14  2025-08-11  617 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1901-01-01  2013-08-20  668 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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