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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-06-23 2005-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1993-05-26 2004-04-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-03-30 2005-09-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1985-11-13 2004-04-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1991-10-08 2005-09-15
Organics, other Water-quality 2004-09-14 2005-09-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1938-10-01 2024-11-13
Sediment Water-quality 1991-10-08 2005-09-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-07-25 2024-07-20
n/a Site Visits 1943-05-30 2024-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06038500 is associated with a Stream in Gallatin County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06038500 n/a
Site name
Madison River bl Hebgen Lake nr Grayling MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 445159.01 n/a
DMS longitude 1112019.61 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.86639167 n/a
Decimal longitude -111.3387806 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Montana 30
State
Montana 30
County
Gallatin County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENES22 T11S R03E P n/a
Name of location map HEBGEN DAM n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6448.47 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10020007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
931 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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