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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)

Sus-
pended
sedimnt
mass,
grams
(91157)		 Suspnd
sedimnt
mass
between
63 um &
4 mm,
grams
(91165)

Type
of
repli-
cate,
code
(99105)		 Type
of
sample
related
QA
data,
code
(99111)
2017-10-19 10:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 7.5 12.0 667 230 2.70 652 M  12.5 119 8.6 8.4 1.1 232 4 274 4 279         0.09       326 91 98 66.9 38.7 24.4 0.59 14 2.49 4.52 131 0.22 5.06                                                     228 0.82 6.5 236   3.4 414 415 257 0.56 83       42 26 10 3044 669 237       1
2018-04-25 10:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 9.6 11.0 673 410 3.18 764 M  11.3 112 8.4 8.4 1.4         224                 384 200 163 68.2 51.9 38.6 0.86 18 3.66 6.97 205 0.21 6.13                                                     221 0.97 12 189   16 516 490 571 0.70 88       79 87 10 3044 783 222       1
2018-06-21 09:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 16.4 18.0 673 958 4.30 683 0.00001 8.1 94 8.0 8.2 2.1 120 1   1 130 0.29 0.02 0.002 0.120 0.12 0.052 0.071 0.017 315 207 170 54.9 43.2 31.3 0.77 18 2.36 2.80 221 0.15 8.83 0.53 1.0 40.5 52.2 < 0.010 0.07 < 0.030 0.04 < 0.50 1.2 0.54 2.3 1440 24.7 < 0.020 1.10 79.8 39.6 0.90 2.1 < 2.0 7 627 5.0 0.30 0.3 145 1.31 27 108 0.44 32 472 430 1220 0.64 100 0.027 0.533 0.007 28 72 10 3052 693 147       1
2018-07-17 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 22.6 15.5 674 246 2.90 583 0.00001 6.8 89 8.2 8.4 2.4 199     3 235 < 0.15 < 0.01 0.001 0.074 0.08 < 0.012 0.013 < 0.004 277 80 80 57.2 32.6 23.3 0.61 15 2.55 4.29 119 0.19 3.45 0.72 0.9 48.6 51.9 < 0.030 < 0.01 < 0.090 < 0.03 < 1.5 < 0.5 < 1.2 0.8 180 < 10.0 < 0.060 0.16 29.8 6.58 0.88 0.9 < 6.0 < 2 90.4 < 9.0 0.35 0.4 198 0.88 7.0 197 0.22 5.6 373 361 248 0.51   < 0.013 0.326 0.004     10 3044 586 198 0.0067 0.0001 30.00  
2018-08-23 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 17.9 14.0 668 268 2.84 572 0.00001 8.4 101 8.0   3.9 197         < 0.41 < 0.01 < 0.001 0.113 0.11 0.037 0.095 0.012                           0.76 1.0 42.0 53.6 < 0.010 0.05 < 0.030 0.04 < 0.50 0.8 0.54 1.7 1080 10.1 < 0.020 0.83 111 10.8 0.86 1.9 < 2.0 5 533 6.2 0.36 0.4   0.87 7.6 199 0.53 31 366   265 0.50 98 < 0.013 0.500 < 0.003 52 38 10 3044 580   0.0447 0.0011   1
2018-09-12 08:10
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 15.3 15.0 666 160 2.49 622 0.00001 8.2 94 8.2 8.4 2.6 209     3 250 < 0.27 < 0.01 0.001 0.202 0.20 0.016 0.032 0.005 331 121 106 66.4 40.0 27.2 0.65 15 3.10 5.04 144 0.21 5.90 0.67 0.7 44.4 54.0 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.030 < 0.03 < 0.50 < 0.5 0.49 0.9 330 < 10.0 < 0.020 0.27 39.8 13.4 0.80 1.1 < 2.0 2 152 3.8 0.41 0.5 224 0.76 4.5 209 0.47 11 432 418 187 0.59 87 < 0.013 0.896 0.005 53 23 10 3044 671 225 0.0487 0.0064   1

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