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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 06324500 Powder River at Moorhead MT

Powder River County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 10090207
Latitude  45°03'25.91", Longitude 105°52'42.16" NAD83
Drainage area 8,029  square miles
Gage datum 3,350.60 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,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01007)		 Beryll-
ium,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01012)


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

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

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

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)
2016-10-05 15:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 10.5 8.5 672 370 3.43 1220 0.00001 10.8 110 8.3 8.3 1.7 244 3 290 2 215 < 0.84 < 0.01 < 0.001 0.422 0.42 0.014 1.12 0.005 406 226 220 95.4 40.8 133 2.87 41 5.80 35.7 437 0.39 5.81 0.74 4.1 208 1.04 132 3.80 108 2.6 186 1.05 10 181 1.26 > 1000 894 864 893 1.22 97 < 0.013 1.87 < 0.003 1170 1170 10 3044 1280 257   1
2016-11-15 14:45
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 8.2 16.0 670 239 3.10 1490 M  12.0 116 8.5 8.3 1.3 222 3 265 3 261 < 0.29 < 0.01 0.001 0.216 0.22 < 0.012 0.143 < 0.004 447 227 228 98.0 49.1 184 3.80 47 6.01 74.8 472 0.36 6.36 0.55 1.8 55.4 0.14 10.6 2.17 8.0 1.2 219 0.94 6.8 219 0.51 160 978 1020 631 1.33 97 < 0.013 0.955 0.004 172 111 10 3044 1510 260   1
2016-12-12 15:40
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 -0.1 -14.0 675 121 3.00 2180 0.00002 13.5 105 7.8 8.1 11 363         0.30 0.06 0.003 0.792 0.80 0.014 0.041 0.005 783 418 400 176 83.3 245 3.81 40 7.96 74.8 756 0.39 13.8 0.65 1.0 60.5 < 0.03 < 10.0 7.91 < 6.0 1.7 383 0.91 3.4 365 1.15 13 1520 1580 498 2.07 90 0.071 3.50 0.011 167 55 70 3071 2200 379   1
2017-01-10 16:15
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 -0.1 -15.0 664 146 3.56 1560 0.00002 10.4 82 7.7 8.1 12 306         0.12 0.10 0.018 0.842 0.86 0.015 0.051 0.005 505 193 174 119 50.7 170 3.29 42 5.86 69.2 425 0.36 13.4 0.41 0.6 49.5 < 0.03 15.1 6.73 < 3.0 1.3 331 1.09 4.1 312 1.08 7.7 1060 1040 419 1.45 65 0.130 3.73 0.061 112 44 70 3071 1540 303   1
2017-02-13 16:00
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 0.0 7.0 679 192 3.68 1480 0.00001 11.5 89 7.9 8.2 6.5           0.18 0.05 0.009 0.843 0.85 < 0.012 0.053 < 0.004 474 208 180 112 47.1 166 3.32 43 5.65 69.9 420 0.38 12.1 0.42 0.7 51.0 0.03 12.9 5.75 < 3.0 1.6 294 1.12 5.4 266 1.08 17 1000 996 521 1.37 91 0.062 3.73 0.031 73 38 70 3071 1500 287   1
2017-03-08 15:05
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 3.9 10.0 671 458 3.74 1800 M  12.7 110 8.4 8.2 1.7       2 267 0.61 0.07 0.006 0.495 0.50 0.040 0.459 0.013 559 337 315 130 56.8 215 3.96 45 6.48 77.7 614 0.36 8.81 0.66 4.9 140 0.40 11.6 6.77 < 9.0 2.0 244 1.14 13 209 1.18 600 1310 1240 1620 1.79 87 0.087 2.19 0.019 556 688 10 3044 1800 281   1
2017-04-11 14:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 11.4 10.0 675 531 3.94 1640 M  9.9 103 8.4 8.2 1.2           < 1.3 < 0.01 0.001 0.676 0.68 0.025 1.63 0.008 475 312 279 111 48.2 212 4.22 49 6.04 38.6 632 0.42 6.75 0.58 12.2 410 1.49 7.9 2.34 < 9.0 4.7 196 1.20 15 163 1.95 > 1000 1230 1160 1770 1.67 90 < 0.013 2.99 0.004 2510 3600 10 3044 1660 294   1
2017-05-16 15:55
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 15.4 16.0 665 4840 7.00 454 0.00001 7.8 90 8.0 8.1 1.7 106         < 0.97 < 0.01 0.001 0.199 0.20 0.041 1.11 0.013 145 57 57 35.4 13.6 37.1 1.34 35 2.41 9.19 125 0.20 10.7 0.79 8.1 272 0.96 72.8 2.90 27.6 1.3 88.1 2.13 137 88 1.17 > 1000 297 288 3880 0.40 46 < 0.013 0.879 0.003 2800 36600 10 3052 467 148 30.00 30
2017-06-05 14:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 21.6 30.0 673 2810 6.40 472 0.00001 8.4 108 8.1 8.1 1.1 76         < 0.68 < 0.01 < 0.001 0.111 0.11 0.039 0.766 0.013 144 74 56 35.4 13.6 39.8 1.44 37 2.04 12.3 130 0.17 10.5 0.83 6.8 241 0.65 70.5 3.05 19.1 0.8 88.3 1.95 80 70 0.79 350 312 286 2360 0.42 25 < 0.013 0.490 < 0.003 2090 15900 10 3052 481 108   1
2017-07-10 14:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 27.8 36.0 671 433 3.70 1050 M  7.9 115 8.5 8.2 0.9 153 4 153 4 182 < 0.45 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.012 0.107 < 0.004 306 149 147 71.8 30.7 105 2.62 42 3.81 37.4 339 0.24 8.27 1.0 1.9 66.3 0.09 < 10.0 1.78 < 9.0 1.0 158 1.13 12 157 0.45 63 723 690 845 0.98 75 < 0.013 < 0.044 < 0.003 94 110 10 3044 1040 163   1
2017-08-07 15:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 25.0 28.0 676 134 2.64 1500 M  8.5 117 8.4 8.3 1.5 197 5 231 5 228 < 0.45 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.012 0.022 < 0.004 486 291 292 101 56.5 156 3.08 41 6.46 40.5 558 0.27 4.71 0.77 0.9 60.7 < 0.01 < 10.0 3.50 < 6.0 1.0 194 0.80 3.8 195 0.46 7.8 1070 1040 386 1.45 72 0.016 < 0.044 < 0.003 13 4.7 10 3044 1490 190   1
2017-09-05 14:55
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 20.1 25.0 681 44 2.09 2290 M  9.2 114 8.5 8.4 1.3 215 5 251 6 254 < 0.47 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.012 0.026 < 0.004 550 333 324 93.0 77.2 308 5.72 54 9.49 96.3 885 0.40 3.16 0.72 0.8 61.4 < 0.15 < 20.0 6.81 < 6.0 1.1 226 0.64 1.3 217 0.47 2.0 1710 1600 204 2.33 80 < 0.013 < 0.044 < 0.003 15 1.8 10 3044 2300 227   1

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