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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1984-06-07 2005-07-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1905-04-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1905-07-26 2023-04-12
n/a Site Visits 1955-04-13 2024-10-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06151500 is associated with a Stream in Blaine County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1905 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06151500 n/a
Site name
Battle Creek near Chinook MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 483858.17 n/a
DMS longitude 1091354.10 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.64949167 n/a
Decimal longitude -109.2316944 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
Blaine County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWNES3 T33N R19E P n/a
Name of location map RABBIT HILLS n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2410 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10050008
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
1631 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1468 square miles 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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