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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)



Temper-
ature,
air,
deg F
(00021)


Baro-
metric
pres-
sure,
mm Hg
(00025)




Weather
WMO
code
(00041)




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)


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,
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)
Turbid-
ity,
IR LED
light,
det ang
90 deg,
FNU
(63680)
Suspnd.
sedimnt
sieve
diametr
percent
<0.0625
mm
(70331)




Sample
purpose
code
(71999)
Sample
loc-
ation,
distanc
down
stream,
feet
(72104)
Sample
loc-
ation,
distanc
up-
stream,
feet
(72105)


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)


Sus-
pended
sedimnt
mass,
grams
(91157)

Sus-
pended
sedimnt
mass
<63 um,
grams
(91158)

Sus-
pended
sedimnt
mass
>63 um,
grams
(91159)
Suspnd
sedimnt
mass
between
63 um &
4 mm,
grams
(91165)
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)
1000
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99165)



pH 10
Buffer
lot
number
(99171)



pH 4
Buffer
lot
number
(99172)



pH 7
Buffer
lot
number
(99173)
Lot no.
first,
inor-
ganic
grade
water,
number
(99200)

0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
NWIS
lot
number,
disk
filter,
0.45 um
number
(99218)
Julian
date,
in-
bottle
diges-
tion,
ddd
(99870)
2019-10-08 12:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.0 10.0 17.0       165 12 2.23 404 M  9.0 8.7 170 48.0 12.1 12.1 14.1 0.069 0.09 3.0 5.0 58.5 10.4 0.042 0.26 31.2 16.0 < 2.0 4 0.68 4.7   0.4   1001   91 10.00     3 5 1 2.30 10 3044 200 2 414 0.0022     0.0002     40295 30715 30656 30724   20356   20350   10062    
2020-03-25 13:55
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.0 4.8 5.0       126 12 2.09 555 M  8.4 8.2 242 75.1 13.1 6.6 7.8 0.227 0.20 2.9 6.1 162 < 10.0 0.051 1.04 118 52.3 4.3 11 0.64 3.6   0.7   1001   88 10.00     3 5 3   10 3044 200 2 567 0.0085     0.0010     40299 30763 30713 30724   20356   20350   10062    
2020-04-14 13:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
51.0 5.4 6.0       174 9 2.26 577 M  8.3 8.1 245 76.2 13.2 5.4 9.7 0.233 0.31 1.9 12.5 380 < 10.0 0.044 2.36 228 112 < 8.0 24 0.69 4.9   0.6   1001   88 10.00     3 5 10   10 3044 200 2 586 0.0233     0.0027 40   40299 30763 30713 30724   20356   20350   10062    
2020-05-06 14:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
65.0 11.2 14.0       272 13 2.55 466 M  8.3 8.2 188 60.6 8.92 9.9 11.7 0.144 0.22 2.7 14.3 308 22.5 0.114 1.62 142 53.4 2.7 12 0.78 7.7   0.3   1001   80 10.00     3 5 11   10 3044 200 2 472 0.0286     0.0056     40311 30763 30811 30724   20419 20353 20350   10062    
2020-05-19 12:55
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
53.0 11.0 15.5       361 18 2.83 334 M  8.4 8.0 138 43.3 7.25 10.5 17.1 0.099 0.30 4.0 64.0 1050 20.2 0.113 6.47 286 48.4 < 2.0 33 0.86 10   0.9   1001   80 10.00     3 5 49   10 3044 200 2 337 0.1280     0.0259     40311 30763 30811 30724   20419 20353 20350   10063   20201000
2020-06-02 12:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
46.0 10.3 20.0       633 4 3.48 254 0.00001 8.2 8.1 103 33.1 5.04 9.5 13.6 0.091 0.24 5.1 34.5 558 23.8 0.156 3.75 94.7 32.6 2.5 17 1.06 18 0.5   0.6 1001   73 10.00     3 5 21   20 3052 200 2 258 0.0636     0.0172     40311 30763 30811 30831   20419   20350   10063   20201000
2020-07-14 11:55
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
60.0 13.5 20.0       363 10 2.85 311 M  8.5 8.1 133 41.6 7.18 11.4 14.4 0.087 0.11 4.0 9.2 162 13.2 0.046 0.69 58.1 35.2 < 2.0 7 0.87 10   0.3   1001   83 10.00     3 5 5   10 3044 200 2 315 0.0186     0.0031 10   40311 30763 30811 30831   20419 20379 20350   10063   20201000
2020-08-18 12:50
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
34.0 16.6 29.5       120 8   383 M  8.7 8.3 173 52.4 10.3 11.8 12.5 0.068 0.10 2.7 5.4 75.1 11.1 0.039 0.36 51.3 27.0 < 2.0 4   3.4   0.1   1001   84 10.00     3 5 2   10 3044 200 2 386 0.0061     0.0010     40311 30763 30811 30831   20419 20379 20350   10063   20201000
2020-10-14 12:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
35.0 5.8 8.5       132 7 2.14 474 M  8.4 8.2 195 58.9 11.5 6.9 8.1 0.082 0.08 1.8 3.6 95.5 11.2 0.028 0.35 39.9 26.8 < 2.0 4 0.65 3.7   0.2   1001   81 10.00     3 5 1   10 3045 200 2 459 0.0021     0.0004     40311 30763 30811 30831   20419   20398   10063   20201000
2021-03-23 11:55
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
40.0 4.1 1.5       174 10 2.24 586 0.00001 8.3 8.2 253 80.4 12.8 5.9 7.8 0.162 0.19 2.6 6.7 134 9.4 0.030 0.61 114 84.2 7.4 15 0.68 4.9   0.4   1001   85 10.00     3 5 4   10 3044 200 2 593 0.0136     0.0021     40327 30862 30870 30861   20451   20398   10063   20210000
2021-04-13 12:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
52.0 4.0 5.5       158 17 2.18 575 0.00001 8.3 8.2 250 80.2 12.1 5.1 6.7 0.209 0.19 1.4 7.5 246 8.4 0.034 1.26 176 115 3.6 15 0.66 4.5   0.3   1001   83 10.00     3 5 5   10 3044 200 2 578 0.0180     0.0030 40   40327 30862 30870 30861   20480   20422   10063   20211000
2021-05-05 12:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
45.0 10.8 15.0         11   549 M  8.4 8.2 231 75.0 10.6 6.7 9.6 0.247 0.18 2.2 8.8 294 27.8 0.111 1.29 209 101 2.7 12       0.4   1001   79       3 5 9   10 3044 200 2 557 0.0213     0.0044     40332 30914 30870 30861   20480 20404     10067   20211000
2021-05-18 13:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
42.0 13.2 16.0       258 10 2.50 370 M  8.4 8.1 158 51.2 7.45 7.3 11.4 0.097 0.23 2.7 35.3 807 10.6 0.056 4.26 221 50.6 < 2.0 25 0.76 7.3   0.2   1001   84 10.00     3 5 41   10 3044 200 2 374 0.1130     0.0177     40332 30914 30870 30922   20480 20468 20529   10067   20211000
2021-06-08 12:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
40.0 11.2 17.0       296 10 2.61 278 M  8.4 8.2 112 35.5 5.72 8.4 10.6 0.077 0.11 2.6 14.1 297 16.3 0.078 1.43 68.3 29.1 < 2.0 9 0.80 8.4   0.6   1001   81 10.00     3 5 12   10 3044 200 2 281 0.0327     0.0061     40332 30914 30870 30922   20480   20529   10067   20211000
2021-07-13 12:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
42.0 17.0 23.0       79 10 1.84 487 M  8.7 8.3 213 65.5 12.0 11.4 11.9 0.096 0.10 2.5 3.9 51.6 21.3 0.077 0.30 43.5 33.2 < 2.0 2 0.56 2.2   0.2   1001   84 10.00     3 5 1   10 3044 200 2 489 0.0032     0.0005 10   40332 30914 30870 30922   20480 20468 20529       20211000
2021-08-17 12:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
41.0 16.2 21.0     1 104 10 1.96 493 M  8.7 8.3 228 70.8 12.5 12.5 13.1 0.166 0.09 2.3 4.2 63.5 14.3 0.052 0.30 51.9 24.4 < 2.0 3 0.60 2.9   0.2   1001     10.00   50.0 3 5     10 3044 200 2 497           40336 40332 30926 30870 30922 30857 20480 20468 20529 81818 10067   20211000
2021-10-13 13:45
MST
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.0 5.3 9.0     2 115 10 2.01 597 M  8.4 8.2 273 84.8 14.9 6.0 6.7 0.140 0.10 1.4 5.1 125 27.7 0.034 0.55 73.3 20.4 < 2.0 6 0.61 3.3   0.1   1001   80 10.00   50.0 3 5 4   10 3044 200 2 612 0.0094     0.0019     40339 30926 30840 30939   20480 20468     10071   20211000
2022-03-23 11:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
  7.9         100   2.01 624 M  8.3 8.2 292 92.0 15.0 5.8 6.6 0.294 0.24 2.9 5.6 29.2 29.0 0.070 0.49 128 83.0 8.0 14 0.61 2.8       1001   78 10.00     3 5 3   10 3044   2 643 0.0121     0.0027 1   40354 30938 30940   30878 20564   20489   10071   20220000
2022-04-19 12:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
18.0 6.7 7.0     1 104 17 2.03 557 M  8.3 8.1 283 89.5 14.4 4.7 6.3 0.321 0.29 2.0 6.9 258 49.8 0.174 1.08 149 101 4.2 12 0.62 2.9   0.1   1001   70 10.00   50.0 3 5 5   10 3044 200 2 611 0.0161     0.0049 40   40354 30938 30940   30878 20564   20489   10071   20221000
2022-05-04 11:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
37.0 11.0 13.0     1 70 10 1.86 623 M  8.4 8.1 282 88.6 14.8 7.5 8.7 0.358 0.27 2.4 6.5 197 61.0 0.170 0.79 148 111 3.1 8 0.57 2.0   0.2   1001   82 10.00   50.0 3 5 5   10 3044 200 2 631 0.0141     0.0026 1   40354 30938 30940   30929 20564 20468 20489   10074   20221000
2022-05-25 11:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.0 14.6 17.5     1 93 8 1.98 648 M  8.7 8.1 298 95.3 14.5 12.9 14.6 0.360 0.25 2.6 6.4 254 118 0.315 0.89 216 154 3.1 9 0.60 2.6   0.4   1001   84 10.00   120.0 3 5 4   10 3044 200 2 658 0.0107     0.0017     40354 30938 30940   30929 20564 20468 20489   10074   20221000
2022-06-08 11:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
80.0 10.8 15.0     2 400 15 2.94 434 0.00001 8.1 8.0 188 62.7 7.53 11.0 13.8 0.259 0.26 3.2 14.4 421 58.1 0.160 1.91 167 98.1 4.1 15 0.90 11   0.3   1001   70 10.00   500.0 3 5 18   10 3044 200 2 436 0.0605     0.0179     40357 30978 30940   30929 20564 20468 20489   10074   20221000
2022-07-13 12:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
45.0 17.7 28.0       152 17 2.26 352 M  8.4 8.2 159 50.9 7.81 11.5 11.8 0.080 0.08 2.4 4.3 95.0 26.6 0.075 0.36 64.6 50.1 < 2.0 4 0.69 4.3   0.5   1001   85 10.00   50.0 3 5 3   10 3044 200 2 353 0.0061     0.0009 10   40357 30978 30940   30929 20582 20523 20489     10074 20221000
2022-08-17 13:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
  19.6         42   1.68 504 M  8.7 8.6 237 72.9 13.5 12.1 12.9 0.165 0.09 2.7 4.4 104 28.9 0.062 0.35 66.0 34.1 < 2.0 3 0.51 1.2       1001   97 10.00   150.0 3 5 1   10 3044 10 2 498 0.0031     0.0001 1   40368                 10074   20221000
2022-10-05 12:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
45.6 11.5 17.0     1 75 10 1.94 569 M  8.5 8.3 251 77.4 14.1 10.3 10.2 0.157 0.11 2.4 3.3 69.7 32.1 0.069 0.24 38.7 26.7 < 2.0 3 0.59 2.1       1001   62 10.00   50.0 3 5 2   10 3044 10 2 538 0.0037 0.0023 0.0014   1   40368                 10078   20221000
2023-03-22 10:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
47.8 2.0     636 0.0 83 10 1.91 594 0.00001 8.3 8.0 264 82.0 14.4 5.5 6.3 0.137 0.19 2.9 6.5 129 25.3 0.048 0.50 111 73.6 7.5 13 0.58 2.4       1001 2.5 38 10.00   50.0 3 5 4   10 3044   2 601 0.0076 0.0029 0.0047   1   40382                   10078 20230000
2023-04-12 07:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.0 4.4   31.0 636 1 213 10 2.52 538 0.00001 8.3 8.1 225 70.5 11.8 9.8 13.6 0.139 0.24 3.2 25.6 593 15.3 0.051 2.34 183 45.5 5.0 23 0.77 6.0       1001 8.8 42 10.00   50.0 3 5 14   10 3044 200 2 547 0.0438 0.0184 0.0254   1   40368                 10079   20230000
2023-05-10 11:45
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
39.0 9.7     641 1 430 8 3.02 471 M  8.4 8.1 196 64.0 8.72 12.8 14.5 0.194 0.27 4.9 18.9 407 33.1 0.099 1.64 119 58.9 4.5 15 0.92 12       1001 3.8 51 10.00   50.0 3 4 19   10 3054   2 479 0.0491 0.0249 0.0242   1   40382                   10078 20231000
2023-05-24 10:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
43.0 10.5   58.0 639 1 580 10 3.35 268 M  8.3 8.0 110 35.3 5.33 10.4 13.6 0.065 0.17 5.0 22.2 475 21.5 0.089 1.90 94.9 30.7 2.6 17 1.02 16       1001 6.0 62 10.00 50.0   3 4 24   10 3052   2 273 0.0709 0.0443 0.0266   1   40382                 10079   20231000
2023-06-14 14:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
45.0 14.3     636 0.0 599 8 3.39 302 0.00001 7.9 8.1 130 42.2 5.89 14.4 16.0 0.093 0.15 5.0 12.0 409 24.2 0.070 1.12 80.2 40.8 3.8 11 1.03 17       1001 3.4 26 10.00   0.0 3 4 59   10 3052 10 2 311 0.1862 0.0481 0.1381   1   40384                 10079   20231000
2023-07-12 12:30
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
43.0 14.8 20.6   642 0.0 244 10 2.54 315 M  8.6 8.3 142 45.1 7.11 12.1 11.6 0.105 0.08 5.8 3.3 21.3 83.3 0.461 0.07 25.1 38.7 4.6 2 0.77 6.9       1001 2.3 81 10.00 5.0   3 5 3   40 3052   2 320 0.0110 0.0089 0.0021   10   40384                   10080 20231000
2023-08-16 11:15
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
49.0 18.0 26.1   643 0.0 81 10 1.91 441 M  8.5 8.3 199 61.6 11.0 12.9 13.9 0.100 0.12 2.9 5.4 78.7 20.7 0.071 0.36 49.0 27.4 < 2.0 4 0.58 2.3       1001 1.5 81 10.00   40.0 3 5 3   10 3044 10 2 434 0.0059 0.0048 0.0011   1   40384                   10080 20231000
2023-10-11 12:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
50.6 10.3   45.0 632 2 150 10 2.19 466 M  8.7 8.3 205 62.4 12.0 10.2 10.5 0.113 0.07 2.6 3.8 56.3 23.2 0.095 0.21 42.0 22.2 < 2.0 2 0.67 4.2       1001 1.4 78 10.00   25.0 3 5 2   10 3044 10 2 463 0.0046 0.0036 0.0010   1   40384                     20231000
2023-11-02 12:00
MDT
K
WS
USGS-WRD
47.5 4.1   41.0 639 2 150 10 2.19 474 M  8.5 8.2 213 65.3 12.0 7.5 7.6 0.137 0.07 2.2 3.8 71.7 22.2 0.056 0.29 53.2 27.6 2.2 4 0.67 4.2       1001 2.1 58 10.00   30.0 3 5 4   10 3044 10 2 472 0.0121 0.0070 0.0051                             20231000

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