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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1979-03-29 1981-09-25
Information Water-quality 1949-01-01 2017-08-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1949-01-01 1994-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1949-01-01 2017-08-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1949-01-01 1994-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1949-01-01 1994-09-12
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-02-14 1994-09-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1949-01-01 2017-08-17
Organics, other Water-quality 1970-07-14 1982-11-01
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1970-07-14 1970-07-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1922-06-01 2024-11-26
Population/Community Water-quality 1979-03-29 1981-09-25
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-29 1981-05-29
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1965-06-11 2017-08-17
n/a Peak Measurements 1894-06-01 2023-05-05
n/a Site Visits 1929-05-23 2024-09-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12363000 is associated with a Stream in Flathead County, Montana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1894 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12363000 n/a
Site name
Flathead River at Columbia Falls MT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 482142.52 n/a
DMS longitude 1141105.82 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.3618111 n/a
Decimal longitude -114.18495 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Level 3 survey-grade GPS D
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
Flathead County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWSES17 T30N R20W P n/a
Name of location map COLUMBIA FALLS SOUTH n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2981.54 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .18 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17010208
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
4473 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 YYNNNNNN 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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