USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

06062500 TENMILE CREEK NEAR RIMINI, MT

LOCATION - Lat 46°31'26.03", long 112°15'23.93" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.20, T.9 N., R.5 W., Lewis and Clark County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 10030101, Helena National Forest, on left bank at U.S. Forest Service Moose Creek campground, 500 ft upstream from Moose Creek, 2.5 mi north of Rimini, and at river mile 20.4.

DRAINAGE AREA - 33 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1309: 1917, 1921, 1924-25. WSP 1509: 1915; 1916-17, maximum discharge (M); 1920 (M); 1927, minimum discharge (m); 1928-1930; 1947 (m); 1948; 1950 (M). WSP 1559: Drainage area. WSP 1709: 1959. WDR MT-97-1: Drainage area. WDR MT-2013: Drainage area.  Gage height and discharge for the period March 29, 2020 to July 15, 2020 were revised January 7, 2020, based on reanalysis of gage height record.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1914 to September 1994, May 1997 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods are published in Water Supply Paper (WSP) 1309.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 4,850 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Dec. 17, 1934, water-stage recorder at site 40 ft downstream at different elevation and different control.

REMARKS - Flow is regulated by Chessman and Scott Reservoirs on tributaries upstream from station. Some small diversions occur upstream from station.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1981, 1997-98, March 2005 to current year.