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Streamgage is threatened to be discontinued on December 31, 2024 due to insufficient funding for the Federal Priority Streamgage program. Please contact Madison May (mmay@usgs.gov) if you have an interest in continuance and/or support of data collection activities at this site.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1933-07-06 2005-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-06-01 1994-08-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-06-01 1994-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-06-01 1994-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-06-01 1994-08-31
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-06-01 1994-08-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1933-07-06 2024-11-13
Sediment Water-quality 1981-10-28 1981-10-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1967-03-22 2023-04-08
n/a Site Visits 1960-06-01 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06154400 is associated with a Stream in Blaine County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1933 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06154400 n/a
Site name
Peoples Creek near Hays MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 481325.44 n/a
DMS longitude 1084250.59 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.2237333 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.7140528 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 SWS35 T29N R23E P n/a
Name of location map LODGEPOLE NW n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2714.1 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10050009
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
227 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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