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Water-Year Summary for Site 06164510

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
06164510 MILK RIVER AT JUNEBERG BRIDGE, NEAR SACO, MT
LOCATION - Lat 48°30'33.13", long 107°13'07.52" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.30, T.32 N., R.35 E., Phillips County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 10050004, on left bank 25 ft upstream from Juneberg bridge on Phillips County road, 1.5 mi downstream from Frenchman River, 6.9 mi northeast of Saco, and at river mile 152.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 17,691 mi² of which 1,978 mi² probably is noncontributing.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1977 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 2,130 ft., referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Flow increased during irrigation season by water from St. Mary Canal which diverts water from the St. Mary River near Babb (station number 05017500) into the Milk River. Flow is regulated by Fresno Reservoir (station number 06136500), two reservoirs in Lodge Creek basin in Saskatchewan (station numbers 06144260 and 06144360 and four reservoirs in Frenchman River basin in Saskatchewan. There are many small dams for the diversion of irrigation canals upstream.