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USGS 06025500 Big Hole River near Melrose MT

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Flood Tracking - Stage Flood Tracking - Discharge Gage-height Corrections Base Rating Shifted Rating
(About shift-adjusted ratings).

Station operated by the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center in cooperation with Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and the USGS Cooperative Matching Funds program.
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This station managed by the Helena Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2012-04-01  2025-10-27
1994-10-01  2025-10-27
2007-10-01  2025-10-27
2009-11-01  2016-10-04







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.9 10-27-2025   20:15 MDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 356 10-27-2025   20:15 MDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 27 based on 102 water years of record more
Min
(1938)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 27		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1947)
229 356 392 515 528 618 1310

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.62 10-27-2025   21:15 MDT
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Stream water level elevation above NGVD 1929, in feet
 
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