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USGS 12301933 Kootenai River bl Libby Dam nr Libby 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Leaving USGS: U.S. Coast Guard boating safety tips.
This station managed by the Helena Field Unit.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-07-31  2023-02-06
2008-10-01  2025-10-15
2007-10-01  2025-10-15
2019-07-31  2023-02-06
2019-07-31  2023-02-06
2019-07-31  2023-02-06
2019-07-31  2021-11-16
2019-09-24  2020-12-16
2019-07-31  2023-02-06







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 4320 10-15-2025   08:00 MDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 15 based on 54 water years of record more
Min
(2015)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 15		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1973)
3950 4130 4320 6000 10200 15800 32000

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 17.96 10-15-2025   08:00 MDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
 
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Phycocyanin relative fluorescence (fPC), water, in situ, relative fluorescence units (RFU)
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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