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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 06306300 Tongue River at State Line nr Decker MT

Big Horn County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 10090101
Latitude  45°00'32.89", Longitude 106°50'09.40" NAD83
Drainage area 1,451  square miles
Gage datum 3,429 feet above NGVD29
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Sample
Datetime		 Time
datum 		 Time
datum
reliability
code 		 Sample
Medium
Code 		 Agency
Collecting
Sample,
Code 


Temper-
ature,
water,
deg C
(00010)


Temper-
ature,
air,
deg C
(00020)

Baro-
metric
pres-
sure,
mm Hg
(00025)

Instan-
taneous
dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00061)



Gage
height,
feet
(00065)		 Specif-
ic
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
uS/cm @
25 degC
(00095)		 Hydro-
gen
ion,
water,
unfltrd
calcd,
mg/L
(00191)


Dis-
solved
oxygen,
mg/L
(00300)
Dis-
solved
oxygen,
percent
of sat-
uration
(00301)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units
(00400)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
lab,
std
units
(00403)

Carbon
dioxide
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00405)		 ANC,
wat unf
infl pt
titr.,
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00419)		 Carbon-
ate,
wat unf
infl pt
titr.,
field,
mg/L
(00447)		 Bicar-
bonate,
wat unf
infl pt
titr.,
lab,
mg/L
(00449)		 Carbon-
ate,
wat flt
infl pt
titr.,
field,
mg/L
(00452)		 Bicar-
bonate,
wat flt
infl pt
titr.,
field,
mg/L
(00453)
Organic
nitro-
gen,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00605)

Ammonia
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00608)

Nitrite
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00613)

Nitrate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00618)		 Nitrate
+
nitrite
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as N
(00631)
Ortho-
phos-
phate,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00660)
Phos-
phorus,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as P
(00665)		 Ortho-
phos-
phate,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as P
(00671)

Hard-
ness,
water,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900)		 Noncarb
hard-
ness,
wat flt
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00904)		 Noncarb
hard-
ness,
wat flt
lab,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00905)


Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915)

Magnes-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00925)


Sodium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00930)


Sodium
adsorp-
tion
ratio
(00931)
Sodium
frac-
tion
of
cations
percent
(00932)

Potas-
sium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00935)

Chlor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00940)


Sulfate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00945)

Fluor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00950)

Silica,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L as
SiO2
(00955)


Arsenic
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01000)


Arsenic
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01002)


Barium,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01005)
Barium,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01007)

Beryll-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01010)		 Beryll-
ium,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01012)


Cadmium
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01025)


Cadmium
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01027)

Chrom-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01030)		 Chrom-
ium,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01034)


Copper,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01040)
Copper,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01042)
Iron,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01045)


Iron,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01046)


Lead,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01049)
Lead,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01051)		 Manga-
nese,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01055)

Manga-
nese,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01056)


Nickel,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01065)
Nickel,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01067)


Zinc,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01090)
Zinc,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01092)		 Alum-
inum,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01105)

Alum-
inum,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01106)

Selen-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01145)

Selen-
ium,
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01147)		 Alka-
linity,
wat flt
fxd end
lab,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(29801)

Gage
height
above
datum
meters
(30207)

Dis-
charge,
instan-
taneous
m3/s
(30209)		 Alka-
linity,
wat flt
inf tit
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(39086)		 Total
nitro-
gen,
wat unf
by anal
ysis,
mg/L
(62855)		 Turbdty
white
light,
det ang
90+/-30
corrctd
NTRU
(63676)		 Dis-
solved
solids
dried @
180degC
wat flt
mg/L
(70300)		 Dis-
solved
solids,
sum of
consti-
tuents,
mg/L
(70301)

Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
ton/d
(70302)
Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
tons/
acre-ft
(70303)		 Suspnd.
sedimnt
sieve
diametr
percent
<0.0625
mm
(70331)


Ammonia
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(71846)


Nitrate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(71851)

Nitrite
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
as NO2
(71856)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
concen-
tration
mg/L
(80154)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
dis-
charge,
ton/d
(80155)


Sam-
pling
method,
code
(82398)



Sampler
type,
code
(84164)		 Specif.
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
lab,
uS/cm @
25 degC
(90095)		 ANC,
wat unf
fixed
end pt,
lab,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(90410)

Type
of
repli-
cate,
code
(99105)		 Type
of
sample
related
QA
data,
code
(99111)
2016-10-14 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.7 4.0 662 247 2.75 598 0.00001 11.4 107 8.1 8.2 3.3 207 2 248 2 256         0.18       297 84 85 61.5 34.9 22.6 0.57 14 2.53 4.44 125 0.20 5.27                                                     212 0.84 7.0 213   4.6 470 385 314 0.64 96       17 11 10 3044 626 213   1
2017-03-22 13:10
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 7.6 13.0 654 359 3.05 748 M  13.2 129 8.5 8.3 1.2                   0.10       354 157 123 69.7 43.6 36.0 0.83 18 3.11 6.69 195 0.22 5.87                                                     230 0.93 10 197   14 505 479 489 0.69 97       23 22 10 3044 763 233   1
2017-05-03 10:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 9.2 10.0 677 1410 5.08 829 0.00001 9.1 89 8.2 8.2 2.5 209                 0.31       396 193 181 73.0 51.8 38.0 0.83 17 5.01 5.28 241 0.23 11.5                                                     215 1.55 40 203   140 573 549 2180 0.78 89       725 2760 10 3044 841 221   1
2017-06-29 09:30
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 16.5 18.0 671 718 3.89 375 0.00001 8.5 99 8.0 8.2 2.0 108         < 0.33 < 0.01 0.001 0.115 0.12 0.036 0.059 0.012 173 71 35 38.2 18.9 11.8 0.39 13 1.41 2.28 59.2 0.13 8.51 0.50 0.7 38.2 41.7 < 0.010 0.03 < 0.030 < 0.03 < 0.50 3.3 0.52 1.2 701 21.5 0.023 0.55 49.5 7.55 0.57 6.1 < 2.0 7 315 5.3 0.25 0.3 138 1.19 20 102 0.44 18 230 202 445 0.31 96 < 0.013 0.507 0.004 33 64 10 3044 379 138   1
2017-07-25 09:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 22.9 27.0 673 142 2.41 607 0.00001 7.8 103 8.3 8.4 1.9   4 237 4 230         0.01       281 86 70 57.4 33.5 23.5 0.61 15 2.68 4.81 120 0.21 4.15                                                     212 0.73 4.0 195   10 390 363 149 0.53 98       19 7.3 10 3044 605 211 30.00 30
2017-08-24 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 18.6 17.5 670 165 2.47 693 0.00001 7.1 87 8.3 8.3 2.1 219 3 261 3 262 < 0.37 < 0.01 0.002 0.247 0.25 0.016 0.043 0.005 328 108 96 66.2 39.5 26.1 0.63 15 3.05 5.04 153 0.24 6.25 0.73 0.9 52.1 54.4 < 0.010 0.02 < 0.030 < 0.03 < 0.50 < 0.5 0.63 1.0 373 12.8 < 0.020 0.28 54.1 13.0 0.84 1.1 < 2.0 < 10 162 6.8 0.52 0.5 232 0.75 4.7 220 0.62 11 459 433 205 0.62 95 < 0.013 1.10 0.007 17 7.6 10 3044 698 232   1

Water Quality Remark Code Description
< Less than
M Presence verified but not quantified