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USGS 06308500 Tongue River at Miles City, 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 Department of Environmental Quality, Wyoming State Engineer's Office and the USGS Cooperative Matching Funds program.
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This station managed by the Billings Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2020-10-01  2026-05-31
1991-10-01  2026-05-31
2007-10-01  2026-05-31
2007-10-01  2026-05-31
2007-10-01  2013-04-10







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 19.1 05-31-2026   11:00 MDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 163 05-31-2026   11:00 MDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 31 based on 84 water years of record more
Min
(1992)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 31		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2011)
2.60 163 365 1010 1220 1780 6370

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.91 05-31-2026   11:00 MDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 982 05-31-2026   11:00 MDT
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Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, estimated by regression equation, number
 
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