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USGS 06308500 Tongue River at Miles City, MT

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 46°23'04.54",   Longitude 105°50'43.88"   NAD83
Custer County, Montana, Hydrologic Unit 10090102
Drainage area: 5,405 square miles
Datum of gage: 2,351.40 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-10-01  2025-10-26  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2020-10-01  2025-10-25  3327 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-04-01  2025-10-25  30554 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2004-04-29  2025-10-25  12517 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1977-08-31  1985-12-04  3018 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1977-08-31  1985-12-04  3018 
    Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number  2004-04-29  2013-04-09  4672 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2020-10-01  2025-08-05 1028 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-04-01  2025-08-05 30473 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2004-04-29  2025-08-05 4097 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1977-08-31  1985-12-04 3018 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1977-08-31  1985-12-04 3018 
    Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number  2004-04-29  2013-04-09 1814 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2020-10  2025-08  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-04  2025-08  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2004-04  2025-08  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1977-08  1985-12  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1977-08  1985-12  
    Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number  2004-04  2013-04  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2004  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1977  1986  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1977  1986  
    Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number  2004  2013  
 Peak streamflow 1938-06-01  2024-05-08  83 
 Field measurements 1967-06-18  2025-08-06  502 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1959-10-01  2016-10-25  848 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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