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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12323600 Silver Bow Creek at Opportunity MT

Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°06'27.93", Longitude 112°48'19.02" NAD83
Drainage area 343  square miles
Gage datum 4,912 feet above NGVD29
Output formats
Parameter Group Period of Record table
Inventory of available water-quality data for printing
Inventory of water-quality data with retrieval
Tab-separated data, one result per row
Tab-separated data one sample per row with remark codes combined with values
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Sample
Datetime		 Time
datum 		 Time
datum
reliability
code 		 Sample
Medium
Code 		 Agency
Collecting
Sample,
Code 



Stream
width,
feet
(00004)


Temper-
ature,
water,
deg C
(00010)


Temper-
ature,
air,
deg C
(00020)

Instan-
taneous
dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00061)
Number
of
sam-
pling
points,
count
(00063)



Gage
height,
feet
(00065)		 Specif-
ic
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
uS/cm @
25 degC
(00095)		 Hydro-
gen
ion,
water,
unfltrd
calcd,
mg/L
(00191)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units
(00400)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
lab,
std
units
(00403)

Carbon
dioxide
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00405)

Organic
carbon,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00681)

Hard-
ness,
water,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900)		 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)


Cadmium
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01025)


Cadmium
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01027)


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)


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

Transit
rate,
sampler
minimum
ft/s
(50014)


Transit
rate,
sampler
ft/s
(50015)

Transit
rate,
sampler
maximum
ft/s
(50016)


Site
visit
purpose
code
(50280)		 Turbdty
white
light,
det ang
90+/-30
corrctd
NTRU
(63676)		 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)



Sample
purpose
code
(71999)

Sampler
nozzle
mater-
ial,
code
(72219)

Sampler
nozzle
di-
ameter,
code
(72220)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
concen-
tration
mg/L
(80154)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
dis-
charge,
ton/d
(80155)		 Vel-
city
at
point
in
stream,
ft/s
(81904)


Sam-
pling
method,
code
(82398)



Sampler
type,
code
(84164)
Sample
split-
ter
type,
field,
code
(84171)
Bottle
or bag
sampler
mater-
ial,
code
(84182)		 Specif.
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
lab,
uS/cm @
25 degC
(90095)		 1 mL
4.5 N
H2SO4
preser-
vative
lot
number
(99156)		 2 mL
7.7 N
HNO3
preser-
vative
lot
number
(99159)		 100
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99161)		 500
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99163)		 750
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99164)


pH 10
Buffer
lot
number
(99171)


pH 4
Buffer
lot
number
(99172)


pH 7
Buffer
lot
number
(99173)
0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
2017-10-23 12:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 23.0 5.0 8.0 48 23 2.11 496 M  8.5 8.2 0.7 3.28 192 85 56.9 12.0 24.2 0.76 21 4.57 35.9 82.3 0.37 24.4 4.6 6.2 0.139 0.27 7.6 16.5 272 20.5 0.107 1.72 69.3 29.8 38.3 58 106 0.64 1.4   0.2   1001 E 3.4 305 39.2 0.41 92   3 5 8 1.0 2.40 10 3045 50 3 494 40236 40241 30529 30522   20269   20264 10044
2018-03-26 13:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 27.0 4.5 7.0 62 25 2.10 412 0.00001 7.9 7.9 2.3 7.29 142 49 41.6 9.19 22.5 0.82 24 7.89 25.3 61.9 0.44 24.5 9.9 12.6 0.373 0.55 25.3 39.3 790 178 0.608 2.97 229 147 120 148 92.9 0.64 1.8   2.1   1001 E 8.3 249 41.9 0.34 93   3 5 20 3.4 2.40 10 3045 50 3 409 40236 40246 30505 30551   20270   20264 10044
2018-04-16 12:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 30.0 5.0 4.0 102 28 2.42 394 0.00002 7.8 7.9 3.0 5.66 146 45 40.9 10.6 22.5 0.81 24 4.77 22.4 61.5 0.37 27.6 7.8 10.1 0.256 0.54 17.1 38.2 1030 126 0.294 3.77 197 101 85.1 135 101 0.74 2.9   0.4   1001 E 11 251 69.2 0.34 76   3 5 32 8.8 2.40 10 3045 50 3 397 40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20276 10044
2018-05-07 12:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 33.0 10.0 15.0 293 11 3.43 248 0.00001 7.8 7.8 2.0 8.62 96.8 25 29.5 5.64 13.7 0.60 23 3.32 11.3 36.7 0.25 26.0 11.5 13.8 0.138 0.39 15.4 40.1 1390 168 0.539 7.51 154 37.3 36.4 91 72.2 1.05 8.3   0.4   1001 20 170 134 0.23 67   3 5 61 48 2.70 10 3045 10 2 260 40258 40246 30569 30551   20291   20280 10044
2018-05-21 12:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 28.0 10.0 18.0 327 4 3.62 237 0.00001 8.0 7.9 1.4 8.03 97.0 24 29.3 5.79 11.2 0.49 20 2.57 8.18 33.0 0.22 25.8 9.4 11.1 0.107 0.25 11.4 26.4 815 140 0.359 10.9 103 42.5 25.5 51 73.3 1.10 9.3 0.2   0.3 1001 E 11 160 141 0.22 65   3 5 32 28 2.80 20 3044 10 2 242 40258 40254 30569 30551   20291   20280 10044
2018-06-04 13:35
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 30.0 14.0 28.0 264 10 3.32 253 0.00001 8.2 8.0 1.1 7.54 101 20 30.8 5.98 12.1 0.52 20 2.72 8.90 32.3 0.26 25.1 9.6 11.1 0.106 0.24 12.6 23.2 768 134 0.399 3.42 111 59.6 22.5 48 81.2 1.01 7.5   0.5   1001 E 9.5 167 119 0.23 77   3 5 27 19 2.70 10 3044 10 2 256 40258 40254 30505 30600   20291   20280 10044
2018-07-16 13:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 22.0 17.0 31.0 78 20 2.26 373 M  8.6 8.3 0.5 4.84 148 45 44.5 8.94 19.3 0.69 22 3.48 20.3 55.4 0.33 26.8 8.4 9.0 0.140 0.22 12.4 17.9 276 52.9 0.183 1.12 52.7 30.7 21.5 40 103 0.69 2.2   19   1001 E 3.3 241 50.8 0.33 90 40.00 3 5 7 1.5 2.40 10 3044 10 2 380 40258 40254 30576 30645 30542 20315   20280 10052
2018-08-13 12:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 23.0 16.5 25.0 36 23 1.89 493 M  8.5 8.3 0.7 3.20 194 77 56.8 12.7 25.3 0.79 22 4.22 33.4 81.2 0.42 27.4 7.0 7.5 0.222 0.26 12.1 16.4 128 20.9 0.087 0.64 44.7 26.8 33.1 43 117 0.58 1.0   0.1   1001 < 2.0 311 30.3 0.42 86 40.00 3 5 5 0.49 1.90 10 3044 10 2 498 40258 40254 30511 30645 30635 20315 20273 20280 10055

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