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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06037500 MADISON RIVER NEAR WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT

LOCATION - Lat 44°39'25.46", long 111°04'04.67" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.36, T.13 S., R.5 E., Gallatin County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 10020007, Yellowstone National Park, on left bank 0.7 mi downstream from Montana-Wyoming stateline, 1.5 mi east of West Yellowstone, 16.4 mi downstream from Gibbon River, and at river mile 132.7.

DRAINAGE AREA - 435 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR MT-2013: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1913 to December 1917, July 1918 to October 1921, June 1922 to September 1973, August 1983 to September 1986, October 1988 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in Water Supply Paper 1309.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 6,650 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 20, 1918, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 20, 1918 to June 29, 1930, nonrecording gage or water-stage recorder at sites 2.5 mi upstream at different elevations. Supplementary nonrecording gage at site 0.3 mi downstream at different elevation used at time during 1927-30.

REMARKS - No regulation or diversions occur upstream from station.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2014 to current year.

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: June 18, 2014 to October 11, 2018.
WATER TEMPERATURE: June 18, 2014 to current year.

REMARKS -

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY: Maximum recorded, 622 µS/cm, June 1, 2017; minimum recorded, 160 µS/cm, 
May 15, 2017.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 25.8 °C, August 1, 2020; minimum recorded -0.1°C, many days during winter months most years.