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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)

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)
2017-10-10 15:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 10.5 17.5 673 330 3.44 1270 0.00001 11.0 112 8.2 8.1 2.4 210 4 249 3 238 < 0.69 < 0.01 < 0.001 0.235 0.24 < 0.012 0.636 < 0.004 406 205 197 87.4 45.5 141 3.04 43 4.83 41.1 413 0.31 5.73 0.55 4.8 178 0.82 < 10.0 1.45 < 6.0 1.8 208 1.05 9.3 201 0.93 > 1000 913 861 814 1.24 98 < 0.013 1.04 < 0.003 711 634 10 3044 1290 275       1
2017-11-13 15:20
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 3.1 12.0 672 314 3.30 1390 M  13.2 112 8.4 8.1 1.7 234 3 301 2 265 0.40 0.02 0.001 0.310 0.31 < 0.012 0.162 < 0.004 448 227 221 100 48.1 149 3.06 42 4.78 51.2 445 0.30 8.54 0.48 2.0 87.0 0.20 < 10.0 2.83 < 15.0 1.5 228 1.01 8.9 221 0.73 210 952 941 808 1.30 98 0.030 1.37 0.005 274 232 10 3044 1380 265       10
2017-12-13 14:35
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 0.2 5.0 674 263 3.10 1400 M  14.2 111 8.4 8.3 1.8 234 3 278 3 278 < 0.20 < 0.01 0.003 0.523 0.53 < 0.012 0.034 < 0.004 481 248 259 107 51.9 144 2.86 39 4.86 42.4 462 0.28 8.88 0.56 0.7 48.4 0.02 < 10.0 6.01 < 30.0 1.3 222 0.94 7.4 234 0.73 9.5 958 964 680 1.30 95 < 0.013 2.32 0.009 59 42 10 3044 1390 231       1
2018-01-09 15:25
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 0.0 3.0 662 188 3.44 1570 0.00001 11.9 94 7.9 8.1 6.7 282 1 342 1 327 0.16 0.06 0.008 0.737 0.75 0.020 0.032 0.006 524 254 218 120 54.7 161 3.05 40 5.35 54.5 463 0.36 10.1 < 0.50 0.5 52.3 < 0.02 < 10.0 6.36 < 30.0 1.8 306 1.05 5.3 270 0.97 7.8 1100 1030 560 1.50 80 0.080 3.26 0.025 41 21 70 3071 1550 304       1
2018-02-13 17:00
 MST
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 -0.1 -10.0 671 208 4.20 1560 0.00001 11.1 86 7.9 8.2 6.5 254 1 307 1 317 0.19 0.04 0.008 0.727 0.74 0.017 0.033 0.006 499 237 215 118 49.9 175 3.41 43 5.53 57.1 496 0.35 11.0 0.44 0.6 57.8 0.02 < 10.0 3.93 < 6.0 2.6 284 1.28 5.9 262 0.97 12 1020 1070 574 1.39 71 0.053 3.22 0.026 89 50 70 3071 1560 280     30.00 30
2018-03-20 17:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 3.8 8.0 672 1460 5.13 1130 0.00001 11.8 102 8.0 7.7 2.6           0.90 0.14 0.008 0.347 0.35 0.159 1.73 0.052 354 222 208 78.5 38.4 121 2.80 42 7.95 31.4 399 0.25 7.00 0.71 10.8 369 1.22 57.3 13.5 18.6 1.9 146 1.56 41 132 1.39 1000 771 764 3040 1.05 70 0.180 1.54 0.025 2070 8160 10 3052 1150 233        
2018-04-10 15:05
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 12.5 19.0   436 3.69 2080 M      8.4 8.2 1.7           < 0.70 < 0.01 0.002 0.167 0.17 0.034 0.293 0.011 686 456 430 141 81.3 249 4.14 44 7.60 67.6 759 0.39 7.70 0.78 3.2 114 0.27 < 20.0 7.77 < 6.0 2.1 257 1.12 12 230 0.87   1530 1450 1800 2.08 85 < 0.013 0.739 0.008 321 378 10 3044 2070 290        
2018-05-09 15:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 21.0 23.0 641 656 4.23 1020 0.00001 8.0 107 8.2 8.2 1.8 153 2 182 2 172 0.65 0.03 0.003 0.317 0.32 0.041 0.543 0.013 331 186 157 76.8 33.7 105 2.51 40 4.62 35.1 313 0.32 7.08 0.80 4.8 139 0.47 < 10.0 1.92 < 9.0 1.4 173 1.29 19 145 0.99 640 685 664 1210 0.93 74 0.033 1.40 0.008 777 1380 10 3044 1020 207       1
2018-06-13 14:35
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 21.8 32.0 671 883 4.57 614 0.00001 8.4 109 8.1 8.1 1.7 111         < 0.33 < 0.01 0.001 0.057 0.06 0.035 0.231 0.011 192 80 80 46.4 18.6 57.8 1.81 39 2.49 17.7 173 0.17 9.11 0.78 2.5 70.2 0.20 22.4 3.09 6.3 0.7 112 1.39 25 112 0.38 170 404 393 963 0.55 53 < 0.013 0.252 0.004 384 915 10 3044 624 118       1
2018-07-11 12:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 24.3 29.0 676 297 3.20 1620 0.00001 7.4 100 8.3   1.7 189     3 211 1.0 0.02 0.004 0.643 0.65 0.054 2.66 0.018                                             0.98 8.4 179 1.66 > 1000 1150   922 1.56 99 0.025 2.85 0.014 2450 1960 10 3044   248       1
2018-08-07 15:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 24.8 26.0 674 131 2.65 2000 0.00001 8.7 120 8.3   1.8 203     3 225 < 0.63 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.012 0.484 < 0.004                                             0.81 3.7 189 0.63 470 1300   459 1.77 100 < 0.013 < 0.044 < 0.003 269 95 10 3044   222 0.2154 0.0008   1
2018-09-05 14:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 21.3 28.0 678 68 2.23 1760 M  9.5 121 8.4   1.5 195         < 0.47 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.010 < 0.01 < 0.012 0.047 < 0.004                                             0.68 1.9 191 0.47 26 1270   234 1.72 99 < 0.013 < 0.044 < 0.003 30 5.5 10 3044   202 0.0234 0.0002   1

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