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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12323800 Clark Fork near Galen MT

Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°12'29.67", Longitude 112°46'02.46" NAD83
Drainage area 656  square miles
Gage datum 4,749 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
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)


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)


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



Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915)


Magnes-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00925)



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)


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)
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)
Type
of
sample
related
QA
data,
code
(99111)
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 12:10
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
35.0 4.0 6.0 105 17 2.15 410 M  8.4 8.2 177 50.9 12.2 10.4 12.5 0.031 0.10 2.6 5.3 90.6 10.8 0.089 0.54 44.3 25.9 2.8 6 0.66 3.0   0.4   1001 89   3 5 1 0.28 2.00 10 3044 200 2 408     40241 30529 30522 30541 20269   20264 10044
2018-03-27 12:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
65.0 5.5 6.5 217 13 2.47 455 M  8.5 8.1 182 53.0 12.0 8.2 11.3 0.068 0.19 5.8 17.6 337 23.6 0.166 1.95 168 109 13.4 35 0.75 6.1   0.2   1001 85   3 5 7 4.1 2.40 10 3044 200 2 454     40246 30505 30551 30541 20270   20264 10044
2018-04-17 13:35
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
60.0 6.0 6.0 223 15 2.43 403 0.00001 8.3 8.0 171 48.5 12.1 9.4 14.2 0.037 0.20 3.7 16.4 456 24.3 0.175 3.24 204 112 6.1 32 0.74 6.3   0.4   1001 86   3 5 9 5.4 2.40 10 3044 200 2 411 40   40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20276 10044
2018-05-08 13:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
44.0 13.0 18.0 684 4 3.56 302 0.00001 8.3 8.0 123 36.8 7.48 18.0 22.0 0.056 0.23 7.2 32.2 723 43.7 0.196 3.66 168 55.6 4.1 30 1.09 19 0.6   1.0 1001 60   3 5 40 74 3.90 20 3044 200 2 309   40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20280 10044
2018-05-22 13:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
43.0 14.0 19.0 907 4 4.00 234 M  8.4 8.0 98.2 29.7 5.86 17.6 20.5 0.062 0.15 8.8 22.6 437 62.2 0.288 2.47 75.3 35.9 7.9 25 1.22 26 0.7   0.8 1001 67   3 5 15 37 4.00 20 3044 200 2 239     40254 30569 30551 30541 20291 20286 20280 10044
2018-06-05 18:20
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
43.0 15.0 21.0 912 4 4.01 213 M  8.4 8.2 88.5 27.4 4.88 16.2 17.6 0.096 0.13 10.1 15.9 312 41.6 0.195 1.44 65.7 45.2 4.9 15 1.22 26 0.5   0.8 1001 67   3 5 12 30 4.50 20 3044 200 2 214     40254 30505 30600 30542 20291   20280 10044
2018-07-17 13:10
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
48.0 14.0 17.0 318 12 2.72 264 M  8.7 8.3 121 36.4 7.21 14.0 15.8 < 0.030 0.09 4.2 12.9 202 17.4 0.077 1.10 64.1 28.7 < 2.0 9 0.83 9.0   0.5   1001 71   3 5 7 6.0 3.10 10 3044 200 2 268 10   40254 30576 30645 30542 20315 20286 20280 10052
2018-08-14 13:55
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
46.0 16.0 24.0 126 12 2.12 327 M  9.0 8.8 160 46.8 10.4 14.3 15.6 0.032 0.06 3.7 6.9 96.0 14.7 0.067 0.48 46.4 23.6 < 6.0 4 0.65 3.6   0.4   1001 81 40.00 3 5 2 0.68 2.10 10 3044 200 2 331   40258 40254 30511 30645 30635 20315 20273 20280 10055

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