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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1977-06-23 2005-04-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1964-04-21 1996-04-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1964-04-21 1996-04-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1964-04-21 1996-04-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1964-04-21 1996-04-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-10-16 1996-04-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1964-04-21 1996-04-16
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-04-10 1982-04-13
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-04-02 1982-09-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-04-10 1982-04-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1916-03-01 2024-11-13
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1979-04-17 1996-04-16
Sediment Water-quality 1978-10-16 1996-04-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1917-04-15 2023-04-12
n/a Site Visits 1960-03-27 2024-06-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06169500 is associated with a Stream in Valley County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06169500 n/a
Site name
Rock Creek bl Horse Creek nr int'l boundary n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 485809.75 n/a
DMS longitude 1065023.43 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.969375 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.8398417 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
Valley County 105
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS15 T37N R37E P n/a
Name of location map LIGHTHOUSE HILL n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2530 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
10050015
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
322 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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