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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12323770 Warm Springs Creek at Warm Springs MT

Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°10'49.35", Longitude 112°47'06.28" NAD83
Drainage area 160  square miles
Gage datum 4,810.00 feet above NAVD88
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
Tab-separated data one sample per row with tab-delimiter for remark codes
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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)



Dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00060)
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,
m3/s
(30208)

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,
tons/
acre-ft
(70303)		 Suspnd.
sedimnt
sieve
diametr
percent
<0.0625
mm
(70331)

Sampler
nozzle
mater-
ial,
code
(72219)

Sampler
nozzle
di-
ameter,
code
(72220)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
concen-
tration
mg/L
(80154)		 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)
2017-10-24 09:55
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 25.0 3.0 3.0 42 25 2.89 326 0.00001 8.1 8.2 2.1 1.27 166 29 49.4 10.5 4.03 0.14 5 1.60 1.61 32.9 0.43 11.8 4.3 4.6 < 0.030 0.06 1.9 3.2 45.1 14.6 0.029 0.16 47.3 40.6 3.3 4 137 0.88 1.2   0.2   1001 < 2.0 194 0.26 83 3 5 1 2.20 10 3045 50 3 325 40236 40241 30529 30522   20269   20264 10044
2018-03-27 10:30
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 21.0 3.5 7.5 43 19 2.91 341 M  8.4 8.2 1.2 0.81 174 33 52.0 10.8 4.32 0.14 5 1.51 1.79 38.2 0.40 11.6 3.3 3.8 0.039 0.04 1.5 3.5 54.0 < 10.0 < 0.020 0.20 69.2 51.0 < 2.0 3 141 0.89 1.2   0.4   1001 < 2.0 205 0.28 80 3 5 6 2.90 10 3045 50 3 340 40236 40246 30505 30551   20270   20264 10044
2018-04-17 10:30
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 25.0 3.5 6.0 51 25 2.99 333 0.00001 8.1 8.2 2.2 1.12 169 30 48.4 11.7 4.09 0.14 5 1.37 1.93 38.6 0.41 11.7 3.9 4.4 0.031 0.06 1.9 5.6 88.9 < 10.0 0.023 0.40 80.0 47.4 < 2.0 3 139 0.91 1.4   0.3   1001 < 2.0 202 0.27 83 3 5 5 2.20 10 3045 50 3 338 40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20276 10044
2018-05-08 09:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 24.0 6.5 15.0 208 12 4.11 220 0.00001 8.0 8.1 2.0 3.05 110 12 34.0 6.07 2.28 0.09 4 1.21 1.04 17.5 0.33 10.9 5.0 10.5 0.040 0.22 4.3 52.3 1100 21.8 0.073 5.18 197 34.5 < 2.0 31 97.9 1.25 5.9   0.4   1001 E 13 132 0.18 70 3 5 50 3.80 10 3045 10 2 224 40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20280 10044
2018-05-22 10:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 24.0 6.5 17.0 324 4 4.77 178 0.00001 8.0 8.1 1.6 2.42 88.5 15 27.2 4.99 1.94 0.09 4 1.13 0.76 17.5 0.33 10.5 4.7 8.0 0.033 0.12 4.2 31.7 670 17.7 0.050 2.95 100 20.9 3.2 17 73.4 1.45 9.2 0.3   0.6 1001 E 9.3 108 0.15 71 3 5 31 4.70 20 3044 10 2 182 40258 40254 30569 30551 30541 20291 20286 20280 10044
2018-06-05 11:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 30.0 8.5 20.0 342 5 4.92 164 0.00001 7.9 8.1 1.6 2.46 78.9 10 24.9 4.05 1.77 0.09 5 0.80 0.71 14.4 0.33 9.85 7.3 9.8 0.040 0.11 5.3 22.8 471 17.5 0.065 1.96 54.9 18.3 2.9 11 68.7 1.50 9.7 0.3   0.6 1001 E 5.7 98 0.13 67 3 5 27 4.70 20 3054 10 2 166 40258 40254 30505 30600 30542 20291   20280 10044
2018-07-17 10:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 25.0 11.0 18.5 167 12 3.87 239 0.00001 8.1 8.1 1.6 1.32 117 14 36.0 6.62 2.71 0.11 5 1.13 1.45 19.9 0.38 10.8 5.8 8.2 < 0.030 0.10 2.2 21.5 384 12.3 0.047 2.07 91.5 41.3 2.1 12 103 1.18 4.7   0.3   1001 E 3.2 141 0.19 56 3 5 17 3.70 10 3044 10 2 241 40258 40254 30576 30645 30542 20315 20286 20280 10052
2018-08-14 10:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 25.0 10.5 20.0 72 12 3.25 286 0.00001 8.2 8.2 1.5 1.14 141 16 43.0 8.22 3.02 0.11 4 1.12 1.86 24.2 0.38 11.2 6.6 6.9 0.039 0.06 2.7 6.6 87.3 11.0 0.045 0.44 33.2 23.4 < 2.0 4 125 0.99 2.0   0.1   1001 < 2.0 168 0.23 68 3 5 3 2.60 10 3044 10 2 289 40258 40254 30511 30645 30635 20315 20273 20280 10055

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