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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-03-11 2023-11-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2003-03-18 2023-11-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-03-18 2023-11-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-03-18 2023-11-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2003-03-18 2023-11-02
Organics, other Water-quality 2014-03-25 2023-11-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2003-03-11 2024-11-08
Sediment Water-quality 2003-03-18 2023-11-02
n/a Peak Measurements 2003-04-02 2023-11-03
n/a Site Visits 1970-10-19 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12323850 is associated with a Stream in Deer Lodge County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12323850 n/a
Site name
Lost Creek near Galen, MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461306.86 n/a
DMS longitude 1124627.00 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.2185722 n/a
Decimal longitude -112.7741667 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
Deer Lodge County 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWSES06 T05N R09W P n/a
Name of location map OPPORTUNITY n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4750 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17010201
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
60.5 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 Y 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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