# //UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY http://water.usgs.gov/ # //NATIONAL WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM http://water.usgs.gov/data.html # //DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UNTIL PUBLISHED BY USGS # //RETRIEVED: 2025-05-01 17:10:02 # //WARNING # //WARNING The stage-discharge rating provided in this file should be # //WARNING considered provisional and subject to change. Stage-discharge # //WARNING ratings change over time as the channel features that control # //WARNING the relation between stage and discharge vary. Users are # //WARNING cautioned to consider carefully the applicability of this # //WARNING rating before using it for decisions that concern personal or # //WARNING public safety or operational consequences. # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="12323720 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Willow Creek at Opportunity, MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="5.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Lower end drawn to positive trending, clear control QMs in WY 2024-2025 with QM's 79, 113, 176, 182, 183 and 191 defining the upper end. Negative shifting expected due to macrophyte growth during warmer months. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING OFFSET1=3.560000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20250107200000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=Working # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End Rating 3.0 during flatlined stages, shift applied for transition. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 3.5720539E+00 4.3131267E-02 * 7.1725000E+00 3.1154057E+02 *