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USGS 06214500 Yellowstone River at Billings MT

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Flood Tracking - Stage Flood Tracking - Discharge Gage-height Corrections Base Rating Shifted Rating
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UPDATED September 30, 2021: USGS current water temperature monitoring information will continue at this site. New funding sources have been identified and details are being worked out.
Station operated by the USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the USGS Cooperative Matching Funds program and as part of the Federal Priority Streamgages network.
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This station managed by the Billings Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2018-10-01  2025-10-16
1989-10-01  2025-10-16
2007-10-01  2025-10-16







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.1 10-16-2025   13:00 MDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 3850 10-16-2025   13:00 MDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 16 based on 97 water years of record more
Min
(1989)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 16		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1942)
2070 3220 3850 4050 4120 4930 6860

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.33 10-16-2025   13:00 MDT
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