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Water-Year Summary for Site 06329620

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Water year 2025: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
06329620 YELLOWSTONE RIVER STAGE GAGE NO. 3 NEAR BUFORD, ND
LOCATION - Lat 47°55'14", long 103°57'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.02, T.151 N., R.104 W., McKenzie County, ND, Hydrologic Unit 10100004, on left bank 4 mi south of Buford and 6.5 mi southeast of Nohly, MT.
DRAINAGE AREA - 70,000 mi². approximately.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1959 to current year (seasonal records only).
GAGE -

Datum of gage is 1852.06 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) 1,850.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29).

For a detailed gage datum history, please use the blue 'questions or comments' tab on the bottom of the site's monitoring location page.

REMARKS - Record quality ratings may not be included in the water-year summary for approved records newer than 09/30/2018. Record quality is still being rated internally. For questions about record quality ratings, please send email to gs-w-nd_NWISWeb_Data_Inquiries@usgs.gov.

Estimated daily gage heights based on USGS observer readings and incomplete daily record.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 36.20 ft from floodmark, probably occurred sometime between March 3-10, 1994; minimum daily gage height recorded, 6.18 ft, August 24, 1961, present datum.