# //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: 2021-05-17 19:07:23 # //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. # //WARNING # //WARNING This rating does not include any shifts that may have been # //WARNING used along with this base rating in converting stage to # //WARNING discharge at this site. Stage data processed with the rating # //WARNING thus may not match that displayed or published by the USGS. # //WARNING # //FILE TYPE="NWIS RATING" # //DATABASE NUMBER=01 DESCRIPTION=" Standard data base for this site." # //STATION AGENCY="USGS " NUMBER="12358500 " TIME_ZONE="MST" DST_FLAG=Y # //STATION NAME="M F Flathead River near West Glacier MT" # //LABEL="Discharge ft^3/s" # //PARAMETER CODE="00060" # //RATING ID="21.0" TYPE="STGQ" NAME="stage-discharge" AGING=Working # //RATING REMARKS="New rating based on last three years measurements and negative trend observed below the ratings breakpoint. " # //RATING EXPANSION="logarithmic" # //RATING BREAKPOINT1=4.530000E+00 # //RATING OFFSET1=2.500000E-01 OFFSET2=2.570000E+00 # //RATING_INDEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Gage height (ft)" # //RATING_DEP ROUNDING="????" PARAMETER="Discharge (ft^3/s)" # //RATING_DATETIME BEGIN=20200527120000 BZONE=-07:00 END=-------------- EZONE=--- AGING=None # //RATING_DATETIME COMMENT="CHANGED AT A SMOOTH TRANSITION" INDEP DEP STOR 16N 16N 1S 1.0700000E+00 1.2021000E+02 * 4.5300000E+00 6.1110400E+03 * 1.9500000E+01 6.3925720E+04 *