# //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: 2025-03-26 23:20:02 # //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="12350250 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="Bitterroot River at Bell Crossing nr Victor MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="18.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="Cloned from rating 17.0, with lower end adjusted to the right based upon scour that likely occurred in winter of WY 2024, based upon QMs in last 2 years below 6.57 ft. BP moved up to 6.57 ft. (upper end of section control) based upon QMs 252 and 258. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=6.565072E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=3.200000E+00 OFFSET2=3.800000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20250228180501 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="End rating 17.0 during non-operational period and begin rating 18.0. " INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 3.2906197E+00 3.3433789E+00 * 6.5650720E+00 1.8744793E+03 * 1.2760000E+01 1.5941751E+04 *