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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1987-06-18 2005-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1973-10-01 1977-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-10-01 1977-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-01-10 1974-07-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1973-10-01 1977-08-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-10-01 1977-08-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-10-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1952-04-17 2023-04-15
n/a Site Visits 1974-04-08 2024-09-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06172310 is associated with a Stream in Valley County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1952 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06172310 n/a
Site name
Milk River at Tampico MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 481828.46 n/a
DMS longitude 1064920.34 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.30790556 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.8223167 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 SWSWSWS32 T30N R38E P n/a
Name of location map TAMPICO n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2110 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
10050012
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
21341 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 19142 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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